FindFirstFile('bla??.dbf', ...) returns a file called 'bla08.blub.dbf'

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FindFirstFile('bla??.dbf', ...) returns a file called 'bla08.blub.dbf'
WTF? I specified ??, not *! Why does Windows try to guess what I mean instead of just taking it at face value?

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  1. Martin WienoldAugust 26, 2014 at 3:27 AM

    I think this is because of msdos compatibility with file extensions.
    Use "MatchesMask" function from unit Masks.pas to filter these.

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  2. Nicholas RingAugust 26, 2014 at 4:53 AM

    David Millington Or both - especially when you know about it, forget about it, then get caught by it and then remember it.

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  3. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)August 26, 2014 at 9:45 AM

    That wasn't really a question, more of a rant to vent some stream. I desperately needed that today. I have been wasting weeks with a not so well - hmpf - managed project and it's still not finished. The blaming has just started.

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  4. Daniela OsterhagenAugust 26, 2014 at 10:10 AM

    David Millington ouch. Just to think that MS DOS still leaves it's mark today.

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  5. Nicholas RingAugust 26, 2014 at 1:14 PM

    Thomas Mueller For the right money, I either have the right person for you as an escape goat...  Or the right person could be taken out... 

    It is meant to be a joke to de-stress the situation - Don't take my offer too seriously, or should you? ;-)

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