Using BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE2 from BSP Application

Question

I am trying to add a document in DMS from a BSP application. The bapi_create_document2 works except that it will not upload a file from the client PC. The exact same code with the exact same parameters supplied works from within an ABAP program. I assume that this is because the web server is the presentation server in the BSP application and does not have access to the files on the PC.
I know that I can use the  <htmlb:fileUpload> tag to move a file from the PC to the data object type ref to CL_HTMLB_FILEUPLOAD. The contents would then be in data->content. I am wondering if there is then some way to add the original file from the object using this BAPI or another one.

Answer 1

I can tell you what we did.  When you use BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE2 you can specify a SAPFTP or SAPHTTP destination.  These are RFC destinations where the sapftp or saphttp executable can be found.  We setup an SAP gateway installation on each of our global content and cache servers.  We then use the client IP address to determine the closest SAP Content server to the client.  We use JavaScript (and the filesystem object - note your server must be in the trusted zone in IE for this to work) to copy the file from the client machine to the nearest Content Server.  Then when we call the BAPI we specify the correct RFC Destination where the file is located and it is checked in correctly.
Now if you don't use the Content and Cache Servers and only want to upload into the R/3 database repository, then I would just use the fileUpload and write the file to a local directory on the server.  Then point to the SAPFTP/SAPHTTP RFC that would have access on that server.