String copy using SCF 20 in an FC

Does anybode know whats happening here?

I have an FC that gets the name of a product type. As input I have product nr (INT). As output of the function I have an any pointer to the name of the product name (STRING[10]). I am using SFC 20 (Block move) to copy the name from a DB to a other DB for display usage.

This works:


This does not work:


I must be missing something?!

According to Berger, complex parameter types at inputs or outputs (as opposed to elementary parameter types) can only be passed on to other block calls if the calling block is a function block.

SimonGoldsworthy said:

According to Berger, complex parameter types at inputs or outputs (as opposed to elementary parameter types) can only be passed on to other block calls if the calling block is a function block.

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I was trying to avoind using FB's because of all the DB's that are generated by it. Thanks for the answer.

Why not use multiple instances - that way you only have use one DB. You have to update the blocks "up the chain" if you make an interface change but this soon becomes second nature if you are doing it regularly.