  We report on searches for B- to D0(bar) K- and B- to D*0(bar) K-, with
D*0(bar) to D0(bar) pi0 or D*0(bar) to D0(bar) gamma, and D0(bar) to K+ pi-
(and charge conjugates). These final states, which we denote as [K+pi-]_D K-
and [K+pi-]_D* K-, can be reached through the b --> c transition B- to D(*)0 K-
followed by the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed D0 to K+ pi-, or through the b --> u
transition B- to D0bar K- followed by the Cabibbo-favored D0bar to K+ pi-, or
through interference of the two. Our results are based on 227 million
Upsilon(4s) to BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at SLAC. We
measure the ratio R_Kpi == (Gamma(B+ to [K-pi+]_D K+) + Gamma(B- to [K+pi-]_D
K-))/ (Gamma(B+ to [K+pi-]_D K+) + Gamma(B- to [K-pi+]_D K-)) = 0.013 + 0.011 -
0.009, R*_Kpi,D0pi0 == (Gamma(B+ to [K-pi+]_D*(pi0) K+) + Gamma(B- to
[K+pi-]_D*(pi0) K-)) (Gamma(B+ to [K+pi-]_D*(pi0) K+) + Gamma(B- to
[K-pi+]_D*(pi0) K-)) = -0.001 + 0.010 - 0.006 and R*_Kpi,D0gam == (Gamma(B+ to
[K-pi+]_D*(gam) K+) + Gamma(B- to [K+pi-]_D*(gam) K-)) (Gamma(B+ to
[K+pi-]_D*(gam) K+) + Gamma(B- to [K-pi+]_D*(gam) K-)) = 0.011 + 0.019 - 0.013.
We set R_Kpi < 0.030 (90% C.L.) and from this limit we extract the amplitude
ratio rB == |A(B- to D0bar K-)/A(B- to D0 K-)| < 0.23 at the 90% confidence
level. This limit is obtained with the most conservative assumptions on the
values of the CKM angle gamma and the strong phases in the B and D decay
amplitudes. From the measurements of R*_Kpi,D0pi0 and R*_Kpi,D0gam we extract
rB*^2 == |A(B- to D*0bar K-)/A(B- to D*0 K-)|^2 = 4.6 + 15.2 - 7.3 x 10-3 and
rB*^2<(0.16)^2 at the 90% confidence level.
