Function AnsiLeftB(ByVal strArg As String, ByVal arg1 As Integer) As String Dim unicodeEncoding As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("Shift_JIS") Dim unicodeBytes() As Byte = unicodeEncoding.GetBytes(strArg) Dim tempLen As Integer = 0 For i As Integer = 0 To strArg.Length Dim j As Integer = unicodeEncoding.GetByteCount(strArg(i)) If tempLen + j <= arg1 Then tempLen = tempLen + j Else Exit For End If Next Dim tempBytes(tempLen) As Byte Array.Copy(unicodeBytes, tempBytes, tempLen) AnsiLeftB = unicodeEncoding.GetString(tempBytes) End Function