How to kick of a stuck runtime dialog workitem through a program in order to continue the workflow

[Patrick Pant - USA]

Hello Coflowers,
 
i need to continue a workflow  that got stuck in a dialog step (status
ready), because the transaction was executed outside of the workflow (posted
a document). the workflow should be kicked of through a program.
does any one of you know, what to do, in order to set this workitem to
status completed (other than just change the table entry in swwwihead), so
the workflow continues (!) with my newly set container elements?
 
thanks!
 
patrick
IXOS Software Inc.