function WildcardToRegex(wildcard) {
        s = new String('');
        for (i = 0; i < wildcard.length; i++) {
            c = wildcard.charAt(i);
            switch (c) {
                case '*':
                    s = s + '.*';
                    break;
                case '#':
                    s = s + '\\d';
                    break;
                case '?':
                    s = s + '.';
                    break;
                case '(':
                    s = s + '\\(';
                    break;
                case ')':
                    s = s + '\\)';
                    break;
                case '[': case ']': case '$': case '^': case '.': case '{': case '}': case '|':
                case '\\':
                    s = s + '\\';
                    s = s + c;
                    break;
                default:
                    s = s + c;
                    break;
            }
        }
        return s;
    }