How to put "..." at the end of a string after clipping it's length?

[AqilCont]

I want to take off any characters that are exceeding the width of 200... and then put a "..." after the remaining characters. I know how to get the meter width and stuff, but do not know how to get the length and how to add a string to it(if this was any other language like JS, I could do it easily).

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[TopPlayTitle3]
Meter=String
Text=%1 [%2]
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=15
X=5
MeterStyle=TextStyle
MeasureName=m3PTitle
MeasureName2=m3PDiffName
Container=cTopPlay3
ClipString=1
LeftMouseUpAction=[m3PURL]

This is the code for it. Its in a container named cTopPlay3. I have almost no idea how to even get the length of the string and even less on how to shorten and add stuff to it. I am a beginner at creating Rainmeter skins and would love some help!

[AqilCont]

Oh... I just figured out that ClipString exists... Sorry for the useless post

[eclectic-tech]

Oh... I just figured out that ClipString exists... Sorry for the useless post

No need to be sorry, we all started out knowing very little about Rainmeter!
Glad you were able to find ClipString information...