FileSystemName.TranslateWin32Expression(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.IO.Enumeration

Assembly:: System.IO.FileSystem.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: FileSystemName.cs

Source:: FileSystemName.cs

Source:: FileSystemName.cs

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Translates the given Win32 expression. Change '*' and '?' to '<', '>' and '"' to match Win32 behavior.

public:
 static System::String ^ TranslateWin32Expression(System::String ^ expression);

public static string TranslateWin32Expression (string? expression);

public static string TranslateWin32Expression (string expression);

static member TranslateWin32Expression : string -> string

Public Shared Function TranslateWin32Expression (expression As String) As String

Parameters

expression: String

The expression to translate.

Returns

String

A string with the translated Win32 expression.

Remarks

For compatibility, Windows changes some wildcards to provide a closer match to historical DOS 8.3 filename matching.

Applies to