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SetFileLength – Set the length in bytes of the input file

' Set the length in bytes of the input file' Example:'    Dim filePath As String = "c:	est.txt"'    MessageBox.Show("Original length: " & New System.IO.FileInfo(filePath)' .Length)'    SetFileLength(filePath, 50000)'    MessageBox.Show("New length: " & New System.IO.FileInfo(filePath).Length)Sub SetFileLength(ByVal filePath As String, ByVal sizeInBytes As Long)    Dim fs As System.IO.FileStream    Try        fs = New System.IO.FileStream(filePath, IO.FileMode.Open)        fs.SetLength(sizeInBytes)    Finally        If Not fs Is Nothing Then fs.Close()    End TryEnd Sub

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