I'm running into an issue where files that are being checked in for the very first time are not having the proper variables created in the custom properties when a user chooses to "keep checked out". This leads to a whole host of issues later on. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to force the customer properties to be created & values set or how to disable "keep checked out" on only the initial check-in?

Solidworks 2011 sp3.0,

EPDM 2011 sp3.1

Thanks!