Options for stopping duplicate files

Hi,
We have a requirement for an interface for Flat Files to IDOC, but we have to stop duplicate files coming in based on 2 fields in the flat file. We have to check a Sequence Number in the file and make sure we haven't processed a file with this seq number already (so if yesterdays file was Sequence number 11 then todays file should be sequence number 12). Also we need to check that the Date Field in the file is todays date.
Can you give me some suggestions on how we would do this in SAP PI? The date is probably OK, I can check it in my mapping but the sequence number I'm having trouble with. Can I write a UDF to access a file on the local file system and update this with sequence numbers?
Thanks in advance,
Gareth

>>> refer below link,
>>> http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/XI/DifferentwaystokeepyourInterfacefromprocessingduplicate+files
Thanks for this, but it doesn't suit our needs. This only archives the file name of each file and then checks if that file has been processed. We need to store a sequence number from within a file and also a date.
If anyone has used PI Tables from within a Message Mapping or UDF and can explain how to access them that would be great.
Thanks,
Gareth

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