Lua gets the utf string length and string intercept and replaces...

function GetShortName(sName,nMaxCount,nShowCount)
    if sName == nil or nMaxCount == nil then
        return
    end
    local sStr = sName
    local tCode = {}
    local tName = {}
    local nLenInByte = #sStr
    local nWidth = 0
    if nShowCount == nil then
       nShowCount = nMaxCount - 3
    end
    for i=1,nLenInByte do
        local curByte = (sStr, i)
        local byteCount = 0;
        if curByte>0 and curByte<=127 then
            byteCount = 1
        elseif curByte>=192 and curByte<223 then
            byteCount = 2
        elseif curByte>=224 and curByte<239 then
            byteCount = 3
        elseif curByte>=240 and curByte<=247 then
            byteCount = 4
        end
        local char = nil
        if byteCount > 0 then
            char = (sStr, i, i+byteCount-1)
            i = i + byteCount -1
        end
        if byteCount == 1 then
            nWidth = nWidth + 1
            (tName,char)
            (tCode,1)
           
        elseif byteCount > 1 then
            nWidth = nWidth + 2
            (tName,char)
            (tCode,2)
        end
    end
   
    if nWidth > nMaxCount then
        local _sN = ""
        local _len = 0
        for i=1,#tName do
            _sN = _sN .. tName[i]
            _len = _len + tCode[i]
            if _len >= nShowCount then
                break
            end
        end
        sName = _sN .. "..."
    end
    return sName
end