DlgDirList matches long extensions

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From: David Liebtag (DavidLiebtag_at_vermontel.net)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:37:16 GMT

If I use DlgDirList to fill a listbox with the files matching the pattern
*.apl, it matches files matching the pattern *.apl*. For example, if I have
a file named foo.aplnum, the file appears in the list.

If I use GetOpenFileName and supply a filename of *.apl, the files with
longer extensions do not appear.

Is there a way to get DlgDirList to behave like the GetOpenFileName?

David Liebtag

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