Microsoft has predefined the following general data types for each data chunk. Based on the data type, the data must be cast to the appropriate type or structure to interpret the data.
| GUID | Type of Data |
| DPAID_ComPort | A DPCOMPORTADDRESS structure that contains all the settings for the COM port. The serial connection service provider will use this information to configure the serial port. |
| DPAID_INet | A null-terminated ANSI string (LPSTR) containing an IP address ("137.55.100.173") or a domain net ("gameworld.com"). The length in bytes must include the terminator.
A blank address is a string that contains only the ANSI terminator (0x00) and has a length of 1 byte. If a blank address is supplied, the Internet TCP/IP Connection service provider will use this information to enumerate sessions on the specified network address or broadcast on the subnet. |
| DPAID_INetW | A null-terminated Unicode string (LPWSTR) containing an IP address ("137.55.100.173") or a domain net ("gameworld.com"). The length in bytes must include the terminator.
A blank address is a string that contains only the Unicode terminator (0x0000) and has a length of 2 bytes. If a blank address is supplied, the Internet TCP/IP Connection service provider will use this information to enumerate sessions on the specified network address or broadcast on the subnet. |
| DPAID_Modem | A variable-length null-terminated ANSI string (LPSTR) specifying which installed modem to use. The length in bytes must include the terminator. The modem service provider will use this modem without displaying a dialog box asking the user which modem to use. Use the IDirectPlay3::GetPlayerAddress method to determine which modems are available. |
| DPAID_ModemW | A variable-length null-terminated Unicode string (LPWSTR) specifying which installed modem to use. The length in bytes must include the terminator. The modem service provider will use this modem without displaying a dialog box asking the user which modem to use. Use the IDirectPlay3::GetPlayerAddress method to determine which modems are available. |
| DPAID_Phone | A variable-length null-terminated ANSI string (LPSTR) containing a phone number. The length in bytes must include the terminator. The modem service provider will call this phone number on the IDirectPlay3::EnumSessions method. If no modem is specified, the first modem will be used. |
| DPAID_PhoneW | A variable-length null-terminated Unicode string (LPWSTR) containing a phone number. The length in bytes must include the terminator. The modem service provider will call this phone number on the IDirectPlay3::EnumSessions method. If no modem is specified, the first modem will be used. |
| DPAID_ServiceProvider | The 16-byte GUID that specifies the service provider this DirectPlay Address applies to. |