Personal Communications Response

Personal Communications returns the start position of the string in a DDE data message if the string was found in the specified area:
  • WM_DDE_DATA(hData, aSTRING)
  • WM_DDE_ACK(wStatus, aSTRING)

If Personal Communications cannot return the start position of the string, one of the following status codes is returned in the low-order byte of the wStatus word:

Return Code Explanation
1 PS position is not valid or the string is too long.
2 The string cannot be found.
6 The specified format is not valid.
9 A system error occurred.