Multiline container table mod in ABAP WD

Hi,
Looking for a quick guideline for macros/function modules to do the following:-
1] Read a multiline table into ABAP WD from workflow container
2] Append an entry to the table
3] Write the amended table into the workflow container.
I have seen several blogs already but there is quite a variance in the advice shown so I thought I would ask again and hope for clarification.
Cheers,
Ross G

Hi,
there is SAP_WAPI_WRITE_CONTAINER to change the container data of a workitem.
It uses the simple container structure so you don't really need to include <CNTN01> and use the macros for container modification
What is the functional requirement, if you're expecting some data in a workflow it should be provided in the workflow/event and not be fixed by some error prone abap or other work around.
Kind regards, Rob Dielemans

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