Return codes for C# methods

A status summary message of any errors generated by a call to the CreateTags or WriteJournalArrays method appears in the Windows Event Viewer under Windows Logs → Application.

Table: TagError and PointResult return codes
Value Name	Type	Method	Description
0x00000000 S_OK	`TagError`	CreateTags	All history tag creations succeeded.
0x80004005 XiFaultCodes.E_FAIL⁽¹⁾	`PointResult`	WriteJournalArrays	An unknown error occurred while attempting to write history samples into existing history tags.
0x80004005 E_FAIL	`TagError`	CreateTags	An unexpected error occurred during history tag creation.
0x80040305 HDA_MSG_TAG_LIMIT_EXCEEDED	`TagError`	CreateTags	History tag creation failed because it would result in more than 2,000 tags in the current and active data sets.
0x80040307 DVCH_HDE_NOT_ENABLED	`TagError`	CreateTags	The Enable historical data entry option on the Advanced tab of the Continuous Historian Properties dialog is not enabled on the workstation where the DeltaV Continuous Historian is running.
0x80070057 E_INVALIDARG	`TagError`	WriteJournalArrays	The time stamp of the history sample is outside the range of the current or active data set. The handle of the history sample is not associated with a valid .HDE tag.
0x87770004 XiFaultCodes.E_ALIASNOTFOUND⁽¹⁾	`PointResult`	WriteJournalArrays	Unable to locate the tag name for the specified history sample.
0xC0040006 OPC_E_BADRIGHTS	`TagError`	CreateTags	Invalid user security prevented history tag creation.
0xC0040007 OPC_E_UNKNOWNITEMID	`PointResult`	WriteJournalArrays	The item does not exist.
0xC0040008 OPC_E_INVALIDITEMID	`PointResult`	WriteJournalArrays	The OPC item ID was specified incorrectly.
0xC004100B OPC_E_DATAEXISTS	`PointResult`	WriteJournalArrays	A history sample with the same time stamp has already been inserted.
0xE23E0017 HDA_MSG_NO_LICENSE_OR_OVER_MAX_CLIENTS	`TagError`	CreateTags	No licenses available or too many clients are currently connected.
0xE23E0453 HDA_MSG_TAG_ALREADY_EXISTS	`TagError`	CreateTags	History tag creation failed because the history tag already exists.
0xE23E0454 HDA_MSG_ILLEGAL_TAG	`TagError`	CreateTags	History tag creation failed because the history tag contains an illegal character, is missing the .HDE suffix, or is greater than 160 characters (excluding the .HDE suffix).
0xE23E0455 HDA_MSG_ILLEGAL_TAG_TYPE	`TagError`	CreateTags	History tag creation failed because the history tag type passed was something other than a DvCHFloat32 or DVCHUNCString.
⁽¹⁾ For a complete list of potential return codes for the CommitAddedElementsToServerList method, see the XiFaultCodes class of the SampleDataWriterClient_CS sample client project.

Note

TagError return codes are identical to ppError return codes returned by the C++ CreateTags method used to create new history tags.