Initialization in a Module

[Guest afrinspray]

Why does

 

Public f1 As Form1 = new Form1()

 

work in a module, whereas

 

Public f1 As Form1
f1 = new Form1()

 

does not? I get the error "Declaration Expected."

 

Thanks again,

Mike

 

[edit]Please use forward slashes in your tags, and use vb instead of code for vb code[/edit]

Edited August 7, 2002 by Thinker