Statement invalid outside Type block

The syntax for declaring variables outside a Type...End Type statement block is different from the syntax for declaring the elements of the user-defined type. This error has the following causes and solutions:

• You tried to declare a variable outside a Type...End Type block or outside a statement.

  When declaring a variable with an As clause outside a Type...End Type block, use one of the declaration statements, Dim, ReDim, Static, Public, or Private. For example, the first declaration of MyVar in the following code generates this error; the second and third declarations of MyVar are valid:

  MyVar As Double    ' Invalid declaration syntax.
  
  Dim MyVar As Double
  
  Type AType
  MyVar As Double    ' This is valid declaration syntax
  End Type    ' because it's inside a Type block.
  

• You used an End Type statement without a corresponding Type statement.

  Check for an unmatched End Type, and either precede its block with a Type statement, or delete the End Type statement if it isn't needed.

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