File contains spaces

Hi,
We have SAP running on Windows NT server. I am generating a file to SAP application server. The file that is generated is a DMEE format tree (tcode DMEE) output file.
When viewing the file in AL11, it looks like this.
1#0#1# #7#8#8#7# # # # # # #0#0#1
#6#3#2#0#0#0#0#6#4#2#3#0#1#2#3#4#
#6#2#2#0#1#2#2#3#3#4#4#0#1#2#2#3#
#8#2#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#2#0#0#0#1#2#2#
#9#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#0#1#0#0#0#
There are the these extra "#" in the bank. This is what gets send to the bank.
1 0 1 7 8 8 7 0 0 1
6 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 2 3 4
6 2 2 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 0 1 2 2 3
8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
This is what I expect to be sent to the bank.
101 7887 001
6320000642301234
6220122334401223
8200000002000122
9000000000001000
Any thoughts/suggestions?

Did you program that yourself? If yes, is it a Unicode system? If yes, check your "open dataset" directive (you must do something like "...in legacy text mode...".
Markus

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