C# Signature:

[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool PathMatchSpec([In] string pszFileParam, [In] string pszSpec);

VB.NET Signature:

''' <summary>
''' Searches a string using a Microsoft MS-DOS wildcard match type.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="pszFile">A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be searched.</param>
''' <param name="pszSpec">A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the file type for which to search. For example, to test whether pszFile is a .doc file, pszSpec should be set to "*.doc".</param>
''' <returns>Returns TRUE if the string matches, or FALSE otherwise.</returns>
<DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint:="PathMatchSpecW",  SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> _
Public Function PathMatchSpec(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>pszFile As String, _
             <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>pszSpec As String) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
End Function
static extern bool PathMatchSpec([In] String pszFileParam, [In] String pszSpec);

VB Signature:

    Private Declare Auto Function PathMatchSpec Lib "shlwapi" _
    (ByVal pszFileParam As String, _
     ByVal pszSpec As String) As Boolean

User-Defined Types:

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Notes:

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Sample Code:

C# Example

if(PathMatchSpec("C:\\test.txt", "*.txt"))
{
   // This is text file.
}

VB.NET Example

Private Function MatchSpec(ByVal sFile As String, ByVal sSpec As String) As Boolean

    Return PathMatchSpec(sFile, sSpec)

VB:

    Private Function MatchSpec(ByVal sFile As String, ByVal sSpec As String) As Boolean

End Function
    Return PathMatchSpec(sFile, sSpec)

VB Example

Private Function MatchSpec(ByVal sFile As String, ByVal sSpec As String) As Boolean
    End Function

    MatchSpec = PathMatchSpec(sFile, sSpec)

End Function

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