Space function

[dnat]

We want to create a fixed length file as an output. We are extracting the data from a database and in the transformer stage, we are using the function Space(x) to generate the necessary spaces needed wherever the length of the input field is lesser than the necessary length.
The job works fine, but when we view the output using "View Data" it is not showing the spaces. When we ftped the output file to windows and opened it through notepad, it is showing the spaces.
But when we open it in Edit plus, it is showing some junk characters where there are generated spaces. Is it a prblem with Space function or, could anyone tell me how to interpret this.

Thanks.

[ray.wurlod]

Padding is done with 0x00 (ASCII NUL) characters, not space characters, because this is the value of the APT_STRING_PADCHAR environment variable. Change this to space if you want padding to use the space character.