IDOC 2 File, Variable Substitution help required

Hi guys,
I'm doing an IDOC to file scenario. I want to make the target directory and the file name to be updated dynamically.
I don't want to modify the pay load in any way so as to include any extra tags to represent the file name and directory parameters..
After going through various blogs I have a slight idea that may be this can be achieved by setting these parameters in the message attributes..But i don't know how can i modify the message attribute in the receiver...
Please can any one help me in achieving this scenario??

use the idea based upon the blog - /people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14
use the code specified in your mapping and alter it to get your file name dynamic.
Ref: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/03612cdecc6e76e10000000a422035/content.htm

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