>>>>You can't use [*g*.*] as a mask. You always will get a whole folder. try even in command prompt (old DOS) window:
>>>>DIR *g*.*
>>>>What you want? A file that have G somewhere in the name?
>>>
>>>Yes, but not in the extension part. Anyway, I think I can always call this program with extension, so this problem becomes mute. But I was a bit surprised to see this behavior.
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>>get all jpeg files and after that use $ operator.
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>Are you saying that this is invalid?
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>IF ADIR(laFiles, m.HomeImg + "*" + m.lcCheck + "*." + m.tcExt) >=1

No, I'm saying first get all files to a table with sys(2000)

after that search with

loca for "g"$my_field