DOCUMENT:Q184247  20-APR-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: FileListBox Display Inconsistent Between Win95 and NT 4
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all vbwin

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When a FileListBox has it's Pattern property set to "*." there is a
discrepancy between how Win95 and NT 4 display the files. On Windows NT,
only files without extensions are displayed, but on Win95, all files are
shown.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

2. Place a FileList box (File1) on Form1.

3. Place a CommandButton on Form1 and place the following code in the
   click event:

      File1.Path = "c:\" ' folder that contains files without extensions.
      File1.Pattern = "*."

4. Press the F5 key to run the application on Win95 and note that all the
   files are displayed in the FileListBox. Run the same application on NT 4
   SP3 and note that only files without extensions are displayed in the
   FileListBox.
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Keywords          : vb5all vbwin
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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