Help with some String splicing

[rctshine]

I have this code:

titlelength = String.Length(tblTag.Title);
if titlelength > 17 then
trimamount = titlelength - 14;
tblTag.Title = String.TrimRight(tblTag.Title, trimamount);
tblTag.Title = tblTag.Title.."..."
end

My goal is to get any name longer than 17 characters to fit in the given box. I'm trying to get it to rename things like, for instance, this Evanescence song:

Bring Me to Life (demo) by Evanescence

I would like to be:

Bring Me to Li...by Evanescence

My code doesn't seem to be doing it properly, and I'm not sure what I did wrong. Any ideas?

[rctshine]

Edit: I think I figured it out.

[RizlaUK]

use String.Mid to trim the string

LongString = Input.GetText("Input1");
StringLenth = String.Length(LongString);
if StringLenth > 18 then--adjust the number you want to trim
LeftString = String.Mid(LongString, 1, 9);--adjust the number you want to trim
RightString = String.Mid(LongString, StringLenth-9, StringLenth);--adjust the number you want to trim
ShortString = LeftString.."..."..RightString
Input.SetText("Input2", ShortString);
end 

attachment shows it working


EDIT:

Edit: I think I figured it out.

Nice Job