I am trying to use api to get the component info

first off i am having issues based on if checked in or out status

If the sheet is checked out i get an error in this code. it runs fine when the sheet is checked in.

   Set EPDMRefs2 = EPDMRefs.GetNextChild(EPDMPos)

Secondly I cant figure out how to pull an item description. I am attempting to use this code to do it but it puts noting in the EPDMVar variable.

boolstat = EnumVar.GetVarAsText("Description", configname, EPDMSearchR.ParentFolderID, EPDMVar)