Print table, variable column width

I've almost finished a software in LabView which prints a ticket. Everything is already done, but the problem is that I need to print a table with variable column width: I have queantity, description and price in my table, so quantity does not need the same column width as description, to give an example. Is it necessary to work trough Excel to fix this issue or is there any way to solve it on a standard report?

Hi coyotejr83
Do you have the Report Generation Toolkit installed?? If you do there are Functions you can use to modify the width of the cells in your ticket. If you do not have it installed you can use a Table class(this class is VI Server>>Generic>>Go Object>>Controls>>Table) property node to change the size of the the cells in your table before sending it to print. I would recomend the Report Generation Toolkit, because it gives you much more functionality.
Have a great day
Juan Arguello
National Instruments México y Latinoamérica
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