You cannot do that with Getfile(). You can try Common dialog control. See Message #
495505 for some sample code.
>hello everyone:
>
>can anyone help me about the getfile() which filter the first 4 letters of a filenames plus the ext. name
>ex. abcd0128.txt
>
>all abcd.* + .txt
>
>i used the ff. cmd.
>
>lcgetfile = getfile('abcd*:txt','txt File:','Select',0)
>thanx..
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