diff --git a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
index 1c57297..003c960 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ from ..capi.obitypes cimport is_a_DNA_seq, \
 
 from ..capi.obidms cimport obi_import_view
 
+from obitools3.format.tab import TabFormat
+
 import importlib
 import inspect
 import pkgutil
@@ -747,14 +749,9 @@ cdef class Line :
 
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        cdef dict  line
-        cdef bytes column_name_b
-        cdef str   column_name_str
-        line = {}
-        for column_name_b in self._view.keys() :
-            column_name_str = bytes2str(column_name_b)
-            line[column_name_str] = self[column_name_str]
-        return str(line)
+        formatter = TabFormat(header=False)
+        return bytes2str(formatter(self))
+
 
     # View property getter
     @property