id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 2022 Cross set contants Melba23 "The ''$DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS'' and ''$DT_END_ELLIPSIS'' constants are cross-set in ''WindowsConstants.au3'' as can be sen here: {{{ #include #include $sPath = ""C:\I am a very long path\Which needs to be\Shortened to fit\In the label.txt"" $hGUI = GUICreate(""Test"", 500, 500) GUICtrlCreateLabel(""Using $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS:"", 10, 10, 200, 20) GUICtrlCreateLabel($sPath, 10, 40, 300, 30, $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xCCCCFF) GUICtrlCreateLabel(""MSDN says:"" & @CRLF & _ ""'replaces characters in the middle of the string with ellipses so that the result fits in the specified rectangle'"", 10, 80, 480, 40) GUICtrlCreateLabel(""Using $DT_END_ELLIPSIS:"", 10, 200, 200, 20) GUICtrlCreateLabel($sPath, 10, 230, 300, 30, $DT_END_ELLIPSIS) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xCCFFCC) GUICtrlCreateLabel(""MSDN says:"" & @CRLF & _ ""'if the end of a string does not fit in the rectangle, it is truncated and ellipses are added'"", 10, 270, 480, 40) GUISetState() While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit EndSwitch WEnd }}} " Bug closed AutoIt 3.3.6.1 None No Bug