Using wild cards in VB to find files

[freewilly]

Hi Team

I'm trying to open a file using wildcards, but it doesn't work.

I want to find a file called "5(0)23_345.bmp". But at run time all I know is the 23 of the above name.

However I know that the 23 will always be preceded by ) and followed by _ ie:
the 5(0) can be any value in that formate ie ?(?);
the _345 will allways be in that format but with any number of digits, ie _*

To find such a file t tried using the mask ????23_*
But this does not work in VB, but does in dos

My actual code is
Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture ("C:\???23_*")

I have also tried cutting this back to bare bones with

Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture ("C:\?(0)23_*")

But this still does not work

However, for all you cynics who think I may be a total idiot

Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture ("C:\5(0)23_345.bmp") does work.

If you have any ideas or want to clarify anything I'm happy to answer questions.

[eer3]

I'd use the File System Object to retrieve the full filename to a variable, then use Loadpicture with the variable.

Hope this helps!

[haisanthosh]

The wild card characters (? and *) are used to represent more than one file. So it is not possible to open a single file using wildcards.

why don't you try this:

place a FileListBox and set its Pattern property to your criteria. after that you can retrieve the name of the file from the listbox.