GUI_DOWNLOAD ignores blank in a numeric character field

Hi, exparts.
I found a problem about function module GUI_DOWNLOAD.
With the file type 'ASC', blanks in type N - fields disapears.
Field1(type N) = ' 1 '
Field2(type N) = ' 2 '
Download these 2 fields, then data become '12'
I hope ' 1 2 '.
I've already confimed the import parameter 'TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL' does not affect this problem.
Please tell me how to avoid this problem!

Hi, Sunil
Thank you for your imformation.
SAP also says thet all blanks are eliminated.
In fact I could not be satisfied with it, and contacted OSS. Then I received this disappointing answer.
So I changed type from N to C.
Thank you a lot.
Naomi S.

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