Enterprise PDM Files and Variables ‘reconnect to the file's EnumeratorVariable ‘after check out eVar = eFile.GetEnumeratorVariable ‘edit the file here Try eVar.SetVar("Description", "@", "NEW DESCRIPTION") ‘close the file and save (flush) any updates eVar .CloseFile (True) Catch ex As Exception MsgBox (ex.Message & vbLf & eFile.Name) Exit Sub End Try "try to check in the file Try eFile.UnlockFile(0, "API check in") Catch ex As Exception MsgBox (ex.Message & vbLf & eFile.Name) Exit Sub End Try The first step before attempting to edit the card variable is to reconnect to the IEdmEnumeratorVariable8 interface. We first connected to this interface while the file was checked in. Though itis not documented, if you do not reconnect to the interface after checking the file out, you will get errors about the file not being checked out by you. The process of reconnecting to the interface is identical to connecting in the first place. lEdmEnumeratorVariable5.SetVar The SetVar method is straight forward. You must pass the card variable name, the configuration name and the desired value. Each is a string. If you pass an invalid card variable name in the first argument, the method returns an error. The Try block will catch the error and display the following message in a MsgBox. 371