Display tab delimited file on a VI table

Hi All,
I have a tab delimited file that I want to display using the Table Control.
I tried using tab and /n parameters in a while loop to search the file and display on the table.
However this won't work as the file is of varying size, i.e. some rows only have one column will others have 2.
Is their a simple VI for importing tab delimited files that anyone knows of?
Thanks,
Sean
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Edit: I should have mentioned.
The file is encoded so must decoded. I then have a string so I can't use the open spreadsheet open, rather I need to display the string in a table.
S

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Kevin Meyer

Hi,
I must create a tab delimited output complex text file from a read on a database table. The file has multiple record lines in it. I have created the XSD from the sample output file and have each field terminated by a './T' . I must pass a tab for each field regardless of whether it is populated from my source data. I can not send a space in the field. How can I map a null value through the XSLT so that the output file has a tab? I've tried setting a default on the xsd but that seems to do nothing. Currently I am setting a fixed text through the mapper to space for all the fields that I do not use. I then go into the XSL and remove the space from the <xsl:text></xsl:text> element. This works, however when I go back into the mapper and change anything through the xslt, it wipes out all of my empty text elements.
Any ideas on how to create a tab delimited file that has tabs for fields that have no data?
Thank you much,
Kevin Meyer

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