How to generate blank spaces at end of the record in a flat file with fixed

Hi,
I am generating a flat file with fixed length.
In my ABAP program, i am able to see the spaces at the end of the recors in debug but when download to applicaiton server i am not able to see those spaces.
How can i generate blank spaces at the end of the record in a flat file?
Please update
Thank you

How are you downloading the file? And, How are you looking at the file on the application server?
Can you provide snippets of your code?
Cheers
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Just a thought, try as below:
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