>>>Anyway, looks like I have to use a different approach. I don't really want to use FileScriptingObject because it could be slower and I'm not sure it allows to specify a mask.
>>>
>>>Do you or somebody have a suggestion for me?
>>
>>Couldn't you use sys(2000)? It allows mask...
>
>I've tried ?sys(2000,"t:\jpg\*g*.*") and it returned 654.jpg, which is wrong.

You shouldn't use "*" like that

you did *g*.* it brings all files

you can:

?sys(2000,"t:\jpg\*g.jpg")

or

?sys(2000,"t:\jpg\*g??.jpg")

or

?sys(2000,"t:\jpg\*g.*")

or

?sys(2000,"t:\jpg\g*.*")