[RESOLVED] declaration expected when already declared

[tjchlorinehead]

I have this at the start of my from
Dim oFile As System.IO.File
Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader
Dim LineIn As String
oRead = oFile.OpenText("C:\USERS.txt")

but it then says "declaration expected" on the oRead = oFile.OpenText("C:\USERS.txt") line, for the oRead section

How come? and yet I just declared it previously!

please help
Jon