WF_DOC or SOFM to document in DMS.

Question

Hello all.
I have a workflow that at some point has an instance of a workflow document (MS Word), Object type WF_DOC. It is possible to convert that to a SOFM object instance.
I want to be able to create a document in DMS and place this MS Word file in the DMS document. It is possible to use function module BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE2 to create documents in DMS, but this function module expects that any files that will be part of the document, come from a local or network drive.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Lande

Answer 1

Just for the record, I will give the highlights of the way the problem was solved.
I did not find a way to checkin the word file in WF_DOC format into the DMS document. I had to save it in a local drive and use this saved file to checkin.
1. Get the contents of the file in WF_DOC format using SWUO_GET_DOCUMENT_CONTENT.
2. Prepare table with binary contents of Word document
FORM prepare_contents .
  DATA: w_contents TYPE LINE OF solix_tab,
        w_target   TYPE sdokcntbin.
  LOOP AT lt_contents INTO w_contents.
    MOVE w_contents-line TO w_target-line.
    APPEND w_target TO lt_target.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                    " prepare_contents
3. Download file to local drive using METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download
4. Create the DMS document using BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE2
5. Check in the file in the local drive using BAPI_DOCUMENT_CHECKIN2
6. Delete the file in the local drive with METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_delete.