I need some help finding out a way to see if any files exist in a particular directory that are like NWA?1QRT.DAT. I can't get my VBscript to work with the ? wildcard. If any files exist that meet the search, then I need that exact name of the file. The following code does not work: Dim FSO Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If FSO.FileExists("Rpt_File_Name") Then Wscript.Echo "rpt file exists" else Wscript.Echo "rpt file does not exist" The Rpt_File_Name is the variable used to hold the file name that I am looking for (ie. NWA?1QRT.DAT) Thank you, Scott

I don't believe you can use a wildcard in the FileExists command. Assuming that you are searching in a particular directory, I think the only way you will be able to accomplish this is by looping through all of the files in that directory and testing the name against the Rpt_File_Name. Probably the best way to do that would be through the use of regular expressions. You would need to craft the regular expression to handle the '?' as any character. I'm by no means an expert in that area though. Here's a tutorial that might help you get started. http://www.windowsitpro.com/articles/print.cfm?articleid=9170 Michael J

Thanks Michael. The article really helped. Scott