FileSystemName.TranslateWin32Expression(String) Method
Definition
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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 -> stringPublic Shared Function TranslateWin32Expression (expression As String) As StringParameters
- expression
- String
The expression to translate.
Returns
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
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