VFP does not provide a way to escape wildcard characters. Can you use $ or AT() instead?
In a query you can use LIKE operator with ESCAPE clause.

>How can I use the * (asterisk) as part of the string in the function LIKE()?
>For example:
>The text I need to locate is as the following:
>
>**** NOTE N. 10/2009 ****
>
>How can I represent the ' ****' to match the string, considering that the '*' is a wildcard in LIKE()