DDE error codes

Value

Meaning

-315

Fifteenth parameter is invalid

-314

Fourteenth parameter is invalid

-313

Thirteenth parameter is invalid

-312

Twelfth parameter is invalid

-311

Eleventh parameter is invalid

-310

Tenth parameter is invalid

-309

Ninth parameter is invalid

-308

Eighth parameter is invalid

-307

Seventh parameter is invalid

-306

Sixth parameter is invalid

-305

Fifth parameter is invalid

-304

Fourth parameter is invalid

-303

Third parameter is invalid

-302

Second parameter is invalid

-301

First parameter is invalid

-289

File exists. Appears when downloading an Internet file with the same name as one you have already downloaded.

-283

User clicked the Cancel button

-282

Timed out waiting for gateway

-281

Temporarily overloaded

-280

Error response received from gateway

-279

Internal server error

-278

The resource is no longer available

-277

Server timed out waiting for request

-276

Object not found

-275

Access denied

-274

The syntax used was invalid.

-273

The specified password is invalid.

-272

Requested protocol could not be located

-271

Required protocol stack is not loaded. Cannot start Winsock.

-270

The HTTP server has a query or request.

-269

The HTTP server has not responded.

-268

The server name could not be resolved.

-267

Connection to the server has been reset

-266

Connection to the server has stopped

-265

Attempt to connect to the server has failed

-264

Requested item could not be found

-263

Operation has been canceled

-262

Request to connect and log into FTP server has failed

-261

Invalid URL specified

-260

Request has timed out

-253

Invalid command identifier

-252

Invalid menu identifier

-251

Invalid query

-250

Invalid notification identifier

-224

Notification window handle is not registered

-223

The length is invalid.

-222

The menu or button bar must be rebuilt.

-221

Invalid property

-172

Cannot remove the directory or file, because it is in use

-171

Directory cannot be removed, because it is the current working directory.

-170

Cannot retrieve the given file

-161

Chosen layer has no color override value

-160

The action cannot be performed without an active edit layer.

-141

The command already exists

-140

Specified command is not available

-130

Specified page is the current page

-120

Invalid window handle

-110

An unknown dialog box tag was encountered.

-109

Specified file does not exist

-108

Valid file name unavailable

-107

Invalid directory name

-106

Given format is read-only

-105

Invalid location parameter

-104

Bad search parameters

-103

Cannot create document window

-102

Invalid document window identifier

-101

None of the specified documents could be found.

-100

Invalid file name

-80

Invalid transaction type

-56

Mask table type error

-55

Mask table error

-51

Attribute does not apply to the given tool or object

-50

Invalid tool or object attribute given

-46

Invalid view

-45

Invalid layer identifier

-44

Invalid page identifer

-32

Invalid resource identifier

-31

Invalid coordinate value given

-30

Invalid units given

-20

Command was not a DDE request, as expected

-19

Old version of the calling application

-18

Obsolete transaction

-17

Cannot register advise window class

-16

Specified identifier was already used

-15

No more objects were found

-14

Cannot find Imagenation

-13

User stopped the operation

-12

Operation not allowed

-11

Invalid file format

-10

Unknown result from old DDE API

-9

Object not found

-8

Invalid object

-7

The command cannot be parsed

-6

Unknown command

-5

Invalid argument count

-4

One of the parameters is invalid.

-3

System busy

-2

Memory allocation error

-1

Failure

0

Successful operation

2

Given buffer is too small to handle all the data available

40

The document object is not loaded.

See also

GetErrorMessage

GetLastDDEError

Interpreting DDE error messages