Row headers string in a multicolumn listbox

Hello!
I'm using multicolumn listbox block and I want to put row headers, but I don't Know how.
I'm using the node property block to put column headers...but I don't find for rows.
Someone knows what I have to do?
Thanks a lot!

I don't think there is a row header property like the column header, you can leave the first row blank and white the headers in the first column so simulate it. You can create a simple subvi which takes a reference to the control and a string array and in a for loop set the string value of cell (0, i) to the value of the string[i] array input. As far as I know there is not a row header like there is a column hearer though. This is typical in spreadsheets where the rows are indexed and not named but the columns are.
Paul
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