>>I think you should seriously consider VFP9. (Look who's talking...)
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>It's not my decision to make. Anyway, looks like my program doesn't really work as it should for some reason. For w4e it returns w49... and it should not.
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>>>You're too late to the game <g> Yes, I do if my mask is too short. I'm going to put some restrictions on the mask and also add try/catch functionality

try:

CREATE CURSOR crsFiles (FileNames M)
lcFile = SYS(2000,[mask here])
DO WHILE NOT EMPTY(lcFile)
   IF NOT EMPTY(lcFile)
      INSERT INTO crsFiles VALUES (m.lcFile)
   ENDIF
   lcFile = SYS(2000,[mask here],1)
ENDDO

not tested