FVAT log report having invalid characters

Hello ,
The FireFighter VFAT log report which received through email contains invalid characters. And the log report received as TXT file. I could not able to paste the invalid characters here as its not able to show up in this page. But it looks like a square box where ever we suppose have blanks in the log report it comes with this square box characters.
Please help me to find any solution to avoid these invalid character.
here is the Virsa release details
VIRSA 400_640 0008
FireFighter 3.0 release
Thanks
Sridhar

Hi,
I suspect that the issue is with the language settings.
- Check the default language of the system
- Check the user parameters in SU01 for the GRC VFAT user ID (Parameters shuch as CDG will force the language).
- Check the SCOT settings. (Your basis team can help)
This should resolve the issue.
Regards,
Raghu

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