BUG: FindFirstFile() Does Not Handle Wildcard (?) Correctly (130860)

SYMPTOMS

In Windows 95, the FindFirstFile() function interprets a wildcard (?) as "any character" instead of "zero or one character," its true meaning. This incorrect interpretation causes some searches to return invalid results. For example, if the files, TEMP.TXT and TEMPTEMP.TXT, are in the same directory, the following code finds the TEMPTEMP.TXT file, but not the TEMP.TXT file:

   HANDLE hFind;
   WIN32_FIND_DATA findData = {0};

   hFind = FindFirstFile ("TEM?????.???", &findData);

   if (hFind == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
      MessageBox (hwnd, "FindFirstFile() failed.", NULL, MB_OK);
   else
   {
      do
      {
         MessageBox (hwnd, findData.cFileName, "File found", MB_OK);
      }
      while (FindNextFile(hFind, &findData));

      CloseHandle (hFind);
   }
				

Windows NT correctly finds both the TEMP.TXT and TEMPTEMP.TXT files.