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Is it just me, or did Chris Rendall say:
> What I'm trying to do is determine if a file exists on a Windows file
> share, but I only know the beginning part of the file name and that it
> ends in .pdf.  I tried using the "exists" command but it doesn't seem
> to take a wild card.  With opendir() I can specify the first part of
> the name, such as "12-1508*.pdf", and if the filename is less than 32
> characters it is found.

EXISTS will not use wildcards.

> I'm running filePro 5.0.14.  Does 5.6 support longer filenames?  Is there
> another way to check if a file exists when the filename is longer than 32
> characters, and I'm using a wildcard?

The limit was not increases TTBOMK.  If you're running into the 32char
limit, I suggest going back to USER and a script.

FWIW, that length never should have been smaller than MAXPATHLEN, in my
opinion--but that's fP-Tech's doing.

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