File sender, dynamic interface

Hello,
we are receiving from many partners different messages (e.g. different idocs) in files. All files are stored in the same directory and the filename is only a date/time stamp.
So from this information I do not know anything about the payload.
How can I receive this files into XI by the fileadapter and to start teh correct receiver determination, allthough I do not know the sender (but which is in the payload) and the interface (all I know is that it is an IDOC).
My goal is, that I can maintain also different (Sender)Parties, as I require different Header Mappings for the IDOC adapter to R/3.
Who can help me???
best regards
Werner Magerl

Hi Werner,
the receiver can be determinated by X-Path but to have differnt interface is not easy because you have to put in the file adapter channel.
One (dirty) trick would be to send the messages from file adapter to http adapter. For every receiver (idoc in R/3) you create a third party business system in SLD. You find now by X-Path the right 3rd party receiver and configure the http receiver adapter setting target host = <yourXI> and path = /sap/xi/adapter_plain?service=<yourService>&interface=<yourIF>&namespace=<yourNS>&qos=EO
1. Message: File->XI->HTTP (X-Path-Receiver, a lot channels)
2. Message: HTTP->XI->IDoc (normal Receiver, a lot interfaces)
Regards,
Udo
PS: Werner, may be that helps you or not, but please, if you fit in headerfield mapping, can you help me by my question?

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> hello,
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> i've a interface FILE to RFC. The name of file is dynamic, depending the data the file has different name,
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> i know when receiver file this is possible, but when the file is sender i don't know if this is possible?
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