Reading a string with a MSG instruction

I am trying to read a string from a remote compact logix to another compact logix. I have the msg instruction is setup but it keeps coming up in an error when enabled. I have used MSG's before but never for a string. Looking for some help with setting this up.

MSG Type= CIP Data Table Read

if you can put your plc's offline, do a produced/consumed tag setup, if not then your can use two messages to send the .DATA and .LEN individually since you cannot message strings.

What error codes is the instruction returning?

Can you MSG a simple DINT with exactly the same setup without error?

did they add strings to MSG in later firmwares? I'm still at 20....

I'm not sure about messaging only strings between 2 CompactLogix, but in the past I used to send strings packed inside a very complex UDT (it's worked from a CompactLogix to a ControlLogix). At the end any string is an array of SINT and a DINT: if Logix platform can deal with UDT, why not with strings?

What is the Error Text and Error Code you are receiving? Could you post the MSG properties?

I ended up embedding it inside a UDT