File path in CV01N transaction

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I'm basically a ABAP programmer. I dont know much about the AutoCAD.
Our requirement is, in CV03N transaction, we have the reference file path which is having the file path of the drawing. This is looks like a windows file path. I beleive generally all these drawings will be stored in a shared file server like
Common-server\All-drawings\Draw1.drw. Now the question is if we have changed the file server, like "Common-Server1" in this case, we have to change all the file paths that are already have the old file path to the new file path.
Is there any way to avoid this? I mean can we have some alias name or something which we'll enter in the file path value while creating the document using CV01N so that we can avoid the rework of changing the file path for all the documents.
And also I would like to know how can we change this file path for the existing documents? I saw a FM BAPI_DOCUMENT_CHANGE, but I couldnt get exactly what I need to pass for this BAPI.
Can you please help me in this?
If the question is not clear, please let me know.
Thanks,
Kishore

you can also assign a driveletter instead of working with the UNC path (you're file server administrator can arrange that). it the servername changes in the future the path remains the same. only the systemadministrator has to change the inlog script so the driveletter assignment points to the new servername.
with BAPI_DOCUMENT_CHANGE you pass the document info record data on the import paramaters and the file path in the tables section on DOCUMENTFILES
so you define a table as type BAPI_DOC_FILES and fill it with the file path and other relevant variables accordingly. you clear it for every document info record.
(the reason for passing filepaths in a table is because you can have more than 1 file in 1 document info record)
and what is it otherwise that you couldn'get what you needed
here some old code from my import programm for passing the filenames to the function (jhe I know I have to use a workarea by now)
t_bestand type BAPI_DOC_FILES occurs 0 with header line,
loop at it_dms_import.
   clear s_docdata.
    move 'Z01' to s_docdata-DOCUMENTTYPE.
    move '00' to s_docdata-DOCUMENTVERSION.
    move '000' to s_docdata-DOCUMENTPART.
    move it_dms_import-zapplic to s_docdata-WSAPPLICATION1.
    move 'Tekeningen VU (calc) ' to s_docdata-DESCRIPTION.
    move it_dms_import-zstatus to s_docdata-STATUSINTERN.
    move it_dms_import-zstatus to s_docdata-STATUSEXTERN.
    move it_dms_import-bestand to s_docdata-DOCFILE1.
    clear t_bestand.
    refresh t_bestand.
    move it_dms_import-zapplic to t_bestand-WSAPPLICATION.
    move it_dms_import-bestand to t_bestand-DOCFILE.
    append t_bestand.
   CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE'
      EXPORTING
        documentdata               = s_docdata
*       HOSTNAME                   = ' '
    IMPORTING
*       DOCTYPE                    =
        DOCNUMBER                  = docnr
*       DOCPART                    =
*       DOCVERSION                 =
        RETURN                     = foutcodes
      TABLES
        CHARACTERISTICVALUES       = t_kenmerk
        CLASSALLOCATIONS           = t_classalloc
*       DOCUMENTDESCRIPTIONS       =
*       OBJECTLINKS                = t_equipment
*       DOCUMENTSTRUCTURE          =
        DOCUMENTFILES              = t_bestand "ADS 24102005 uitsluiten ivm import calcs
*       LONGTEXTS                  =
endloop.
kind regards
arthur
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