Export Data To Fixed Length File

Hello,
I have a requirement to export a couple of files that need to be in a fixed length format.
I've tried opening the dataset and writing the records passing the column that the records should appear:
WRITE /, field1, 10 field2, etc...
I've also tried to do it through SAP_CONVERT_TO_CSV_FORMAT and the text version as well.
Is there a predefined function that will allow me to export as fixed length?
Thank you in advance

Hi Jeff,
Following is the code to do the same:
DATA: file TYPE string VALUE `flights.dat`,
      wa   TYPE spfli.
FIELD-SYMBOLS TYPE x.
OPEN DATASET file FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.
SELECT *
       FROM spfli
       INTO wa.
ASSIGN wa TO CASTING.
TRANSFER TO file.
* TRANSFER LENGTH 200 to file.
ENDSELECT.
CLOSE DATASET file.
Best regards,
Prashant

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