>I am getting an Illegal redefinition error for a public variable named TheCount
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>Below are the three lines of code where the variable is used.
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>Public TheCount
>TheCount = 0
>TheCount = TheCount + 1
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>I renamed it TheKount and get the same result.
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>The only other use of it is in the data property of textbox that displays the count of items found.
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>Any idea what the cause might be?

Don't use public variable. Switch to a form's property if this variable is only needed for the form or application property (if you don't use application object - _screen property) to use in the application.