Deftype statements must precede declarations

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This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

Deftype statements include DefInt, DefDbl, DefCur, and so on. This error has the following causes and solutions:

  • A variabledeclaration precedes a Deftype statement at module level.

    Move the Deftype statement to precede all variable declarations.

  • A Deftype statement appears in a procedure.

    Move the Deftype statement to module level, preceding all variable declarations.

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