File Adapter determining file size

I have added a Header Variable to my Receive activity so that I can capture the size of the file coming in. I've also added a "size" element to the InboundFileHeader.wsdl.
I can't figure out how to populate that header variable! I was hoping it would just be populated automatically since I've added the element to the wsdl but no such luck, just null variables.
Thanks.

In 10.1.3.1 it does shows up as header variable, but fileadapter wsdl file has only filename and directory name as element.
I have not tried to modify adapter wsdl file, but here is little hacky way to get the size:
Let's your header variable is Variable_FileHeader, please defined two string variables naemd Variable_Header_String and Variable_Size, and doing following assign operation you should be able to get the file size.
<copy>
<from expression="ora:getContentAsString(bpws:getVariableData('Variable_FileHeader','/ns3:InboundFileHeaderType'))"/>
<to variable="Variable_Header_String"/>
</copy>
<copy>
<from expression="substring-before(substring-after(bpws:getVariableData('Variable_Header_String'),'&lt;size>'),'&lt;/size>')"/>
<to variable="Variable_Size"/>
</copy>
HTH,
Chintan

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