'Catch' cannot appear outside a 'Try' statement

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Catch must appear within a Try...Catch...Finally statement block. Either you have an unnecessary Catch statement in your Try block, or your Catch statement appears outside the bounds of its corresponding Try block.

Error ID: BC30380

To correct this error

  • Delete the Catch statement if it is unnecessary, or place it within a Try...Catch...Finally statement block.

See Also

Concepts

Structured Exception Handling Overview for Visual Basic

Reference

Try...Catch...Finally Statement (Visual Basic)