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Tag Editor validation errors
The
Mouse over the
icon for details or view the error in the
Tag Editor
grid displays validation messages. Messages that have a tag validation error that needs to be addressed are preceded by an error icon:


Messages
tab of the Output
pane.
Scenario | Error | Example |
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Enter an invalid value in any of the cells of the Tag Editor grid. | Value is out of range. Enter a REAL value between -3.402823e+38 and 3.402823e+38. | ![]() |
Value is out of range. Enter a SINT integer between -128 and 127. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter an INT integer between -32768 and 32767. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a DINT integer between -2147483648 and 2147483647. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a LINT integer between -9223372036854775808 and 9223372036854775807. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a USINT integer between 0 and 256. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a UINT integer between 0 and 65536. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a UDINT integer between 0 and 4294967296. | ![]() | |
Value is out of range. Enter a ULINT integer between 0 and 18446744073709551615. | ![]() | |
Select an array tag with more than 3 dimensions. | The array has too many dimensions. Enter 3 or fewer array dimensions. | TAG001[2,2,2,2] |
Select an array tag with dimensions when the value of the dimension is out of the range. | The array dimensions are out of range. Enter a value between 1 and 65535. | INT TAG001[2,2,9999999999999999999] |
Manually enter an unsupported or nonexistent datatype. | Unable to resolve the reference to the [datatype]. | ![]() |
End a tag name with multiple underscores. | Cannot contain consecutive underscores. | ![]() |
End a tag name with an underscore. | [Tag name] must end with a character other than underscore. | |
Enter a syntax error on a datatype or tag name. | Syntax Error: The element contains a syntax problem. Select OK to modify the element. | %TAG001 or 56TAG001 ![]() |
Enter a name that contains characters that are not alphanumeric or an underscore. | [Tag name] can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscore. | |
Enter an existing tag name. | [Tag name] already exists | ![]() |
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