IDoc number generation is random

We are trying to have a ALE-IDoc setup such that IDoc gets written as a text file to a application server directory.
When we defined the port, we defined it as a file port. In the file port, we specified a folder on the SAP application server, where the file has to be created. Now when we generate the IDoc, this set up should automatically create a Idoc file in the specified folder.
The Idoc itself is getting generated with valid data each time but the file isn't getting created always, even when the IDoc generation program is run with same data selection criteria. Interestingly, the Idocs which get written to files succesfully have a number range of 1000 and above, whereas the Idocs which couldn't get downloaded to files have a number range of 2000 and above.
So my question is why are the numbers not serial, for both the successful and failed Idocs? Is there some setting which is forcing the system to pick the 2000 range for unsuccessful Idocs and 1000 range for successful ones? If yes, where is that setting?
I read the following posted at another website "SAP assigns a range of Idoc numbers to each app server, so depending on which app server you hit your message will be assigned a number in that range".Can somebody validate that?
The failed Idocs have the following status message:
Status 02: Error passing data to port
and the description is
An error occurred when an outbound file was opened with 'OPEN DATASET'. The name of the outbound file is:
/usr/sap/EQ0/put/HCM/ADP/outbound/HROT_UM_00002003 with operating system error msg.:No such file or directory

We have resolved the problem.
The Basis team had created the folder used for downloading the files only on one of the application servers (where the Idoc number range is 1000 and plus) but not on the other (where the Idoc number range is 2000 and plus). So when the process was hitting the application server, it couldn't locate the directory path and hence the OPEN DATASET statement was failing.
So as soon as we created the directory, the problem got resolved.

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How the Idoc number will be generated. Is it generates dynamically or do we need to give the Idoc number manually?
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Urget plz...
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Chinna

Hi,
Idoc number will be generated dynamically by the system. no need to give the number manually.
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I am using the FM -- IDOC_INPUT_HRMD for creating Inbound IDOCS.
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regards,
Siddhartha

Hi Siddhartha,
I think you cannot call IDOC_INPUT_HRMD fm directly from the external program as this fm only handles the application logic part and not the idoc number generation and save part.
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File 'XXX.lsmw.read' exists                                                                               /SAPDMC/LSMW 502    I
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File 'XXX.lsmw.conv' exists                                                                              /SAPDMC/LSMW   502   I
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