FLAT FILE Datasource SERIOUS Problem

Hi
I want to read a header information in csv file to fill the FLAT FILE DATASOURCE structure.
I cannot read it by default as I have to IGNORE THE HEADER ROW otherwise it wont come up correctly along with otherdetail data that is below header row during extraction of CSV file.
How can i do that or How can I CALL A Function module or any other to fetch that header row ?
PLEASE HELP URGENTLY.
Thanks

you cannot read the header row only. But you can do a start routine within the transfer rules. There you can do whatever you like.
Perhaps you might have some troubles getting your data that far. Your header row must comply to the rules defined in your datasource like size or data type. So you might need to change some definitions of your datasource.

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This question continues from http://forums.adobe.com/thread/804620?tstart=-1.
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