Sender Adapter FTP

Hi
I am using Sender Adapter FTP. There is a header title in the file.
Can you please let me know if there is any way to ignore the same.
Sample file
Customer Number,Amount,Payment Reference,Date,Discount to,Invoice Number,External Reference,Amount,State,Reason Code
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,AA123776863,11901860,100,NSW,80
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,AA123776864,11901861,150,NSW,80
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,AA123776867,11901862,-250,NSW,80
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,AA123776865,11901863,200,NSW,80
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,,CL11901864,-300,VIC,
9100011,1900,REMIT55001,04.04.09,9100011,,CL11901940,2000,ADL,
Regards
Ria

Hi,
Refer this link...check for document offset:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
Regards,
Abhishek

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Hi all,
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Ok! This is the maximum i could obtain:
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