private int getRepresentationByteCountPerColumn(int representation, int byteLength)
        {
            switch (representation)
            {
                case REPRESENTATION_TIME:
            		return 8;
                case REPRESENTATION_INT_HEX:
                case REPRESENTATION_INT_DEC:
                case REPRESENTATION_FLOAT_DEC:
            		return 4;
                case REPRESENTATION_SHORT_HEX:
                case REPRESENTATION_SHORT_DEC:
            		return 2;
                case REPRESENTATION_BYTE_HEX:
                case REPRESENTATION_BYTE_DEC:
                    return 1;
                case REPRESENTATION_STRING:
                    return byteLength;
                default:
                    displayError("Illegal representation <" + representation + ">", "Error");
            		return -1;
            }
        }