Issue in generating space at end of the records.

Question

Hi All,
    i am working on a outbound flat file interface.i 
    have  a issue in generating the spaces at end of each
    record.
    for ex.,
    My record in the file should contain 80 chars each
    line, in which it will contain values till 74 
    characters and the rest 6 chars should have a blank
    space.
    we were able to generate space in the file using
    class "CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES".
    But this text file when converted to HEX file, the
    end of the record has values as 20 20 20 20 C2 A0 or
    some junk values.But as per the requirement the HEX
    file should display the end of the record as 20 20 20
    20 20 20.
    Please let me know how i should generate spaces in
    the text file and at the same time proper Records in
    HEX file(i.e., 20(value for space in HEX)).
   Thanks in advance.
   Nanda

Answer 1

hi,
  empty space at the end of the record will be ignored if you download the file.
So use an END OF RECORD character like ',' or '.' or some other symbol & give you 6 or 7 characters blank space at the end, will work for you.
now you will able to see total 80 characters(may be with spaces) & 81st will your END OF RECORD indicator.
YOur legacy system will take only first 80 characters not the total records (in this case 81)
regards
srikanth