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Programming Interfaces
External Program Interfaces : Windows Dynamic Data Exchange : Defining conversation endpoints: DDE frames : DDE-ERROR
 
DDE-ERROR
This attribute records the error condition returned by the last exchange for the frame. The following table lists the possible errors returned by DDE conversation exchanges.
Table 58. ABL DDE errors
Error
Description
1
DDE INITIATE failure
2
A DDE statement (DDE ADVISE, EXECUTE, GET, REQUEST, or SEND) time-out
3
Memory allocation error
4
Invalid channel number (not an open conversation)
5
Invalid data item (in topic)
6
DDE ADVISE failure (data link not accepted)
7
DDE EXECUTE failure (commands not accepted)
8
DDE GET failure (data not available)
9
DDE SEND failure (data not accepted)
10
DDE REQUEST failure (data not available)
11
Data for DDE-NOTIFY event not available
99
Internal error (unknown)