Is it possible to set a wildcard to a variable?

[careca]

Hello ppl, something along these lines is what im searching for...

$Exe = "Flash Player" & * & ".exe"

Meaning the script would search for any exe with "Flash Player" in its name, and disregard the version number.

I was thinking about making it search for an exe with "Flash Player" in its filename, and retrieve it's full name to the variable,

but maybe someone knows a simpler way.

Thanks.

[JohnOne]

You can create a very basic search using StringInStr()

or you have many other options like using M23's RecFileListToArray() or Kafu's SMF (search my files) UDF amongst others.

[PhoenixXL]

have a look at

it uses Regular Expressions

Edited February 16, 2013 by PhoenixXL

[careca]

Thanks for your help ppl, did it another way, it goes like this:

Local $search = FileFindFirstFile("Flash Player*.exe") ;Allows wildcards, exactly what i needed.

If $search = -1 Then
MsgBox(0, "Error", "No files/directories matched the search pattern")
Exit
EndIf

While 1
Local $file = FileFindNextFile($search)
If @error Then ExitLoop
$Exe = @ScriptDir & '\' & $file
WEnd

FileClose($search)
If FileExists($Exe) Then
    MsgBox(64, "FileExists Function", $Exe & " Found!", 0)
    ShellExecute($Exe)
Else
    MsgBox(64, "FileExists Function", $Exe & " Not found!", 0)
    Exit
EndIf

Thanks for your help!

[kylomas]

careca, (FYI)

You may want to look at M23's _filelisttoarray. It does what you need and more...

kylomas