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■ A COMMON statement, DECLARE statement, or $FORM metacommand
  is misplaced. COMMON, DECLARE, and $FORM must appear before
  any executable statements. All Visual Basic statements are
  executable except the following:
 
              COMMON                   CONST
              DATA                     DECLARE
              DEFtype                  DIM (for static arrays)
              Metacommands             OPTION BASE
              OPTION EXPLICIT          REM
              SHARED                   STATIC
              TYPE...END TYPE
 
■ Possible solution:
 
  • Move executable statements below $FORM, COMMON, and
    DECLARE statements.
 
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  and press F1 to open the Help window.