BUG: Code Outside of Procedures Executes on Application Startup

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2. Place the following code in the code module for Form1:

         Option Explicit
   
         Dim myMessage
         myMessage = "Hello from the Declarations section of Form1."
         MsgBox myMessage
   
         Private Sub Form_Click()
             MsgBox "Hello from the Form Click event."
         End Sub
   
         MsgBox "Hello from somewhere else."
   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
             MsgBox "Hello from the Form Load event."
         End Sub
   						

3. Press F5 to run the project, and note that the message boxes outside of the event procedures are executed before the Form Load event.

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