Running Workflow step in Background & code inside doing Foreground proceing

Hi all,
I am extracting an attachment (file) from DMS (document management services: txn: CV02N) to the presentation server in Background Mode. Again my Function Module is uploading the file in the forground Mode and at this point workflow is giving error about the presentation server.
Please can anyone help me if what am doing is wrong, and if yes then what would be the proper solution.
Thanx in advance. Points will be provided for sure
Anand

Hi Mike,
Thank you so much for your help.
I will try to explain you the problem.
The problem is I need to extract the contents of file attached to DMS, which is available only as a link, so using the BAPI_*CHECKOUTVIEW I need to download it on the presentation server so that file / attachment will be available on presentation server and then I can upload the file / attachment in SAP and will read its content in internal table.
Now the problem is I am using above FM in a Workflow method. Workflow is doing the processing via WF-BATCH which is a background user by default. Now the question is
1) How can i get the file / attachement from the link in the DMS in the background mode and again upload it in SAP in the background mode?? (I tried it but the only BAPI i found is given above, which is creating a local file based on the link in DMS)
OR
2) How can I run / test the workflow in foreground mode(by default WF-BATCH (system) is running the workflow in background mode). But then it is always advisable to run the workflow in background mode until an agent assignment (user interaction) is necessary. And I guess whosoever will run workflow , it will run by system user only, which is background user.
OR
Any other solution you can think of.

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