Shorten a Source File

Shorten a Sorce File

This makes a lable named labPicture shorten its file locations useing "...".

Private Sub labPicture_Change()
Dim Xstr As String
   labPicture.AutoSize = True
   If labPicture.Width >= 4050 Then
       Xstr = Right(labPicture.Caption, Len(labPicture.Caption) - 3)
       If Left(Xstr, 3) = "..." Then
           Xstr = Right(Xstr, Len(Xstr) - 4)
       End If
       Do Until Left(Xstr, 1) = ""
           Xstr = Right(Xstr, Len(Xstr) - 1)
       Loop
       labPicture.Caption = Left(labPicture.Caption, 3) & "..." & Xstr
   End If
   ListView1.Picture = LoadPicture(labPicture.Tag)
End Sub

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