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What is wrong with this code declaration?

Could someone please tell me why the vbc (2.0 framework) complains that rptLinks is not declared when in fact it is declared in the repeater statement? I get a similar error in VS 2008.
<%@ Control Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="Categories.ascx.vb" Inherits="keepsake.Categories1" TargetSchema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5" %>
<font face="arial" size="2">
	<asp:Repeater ID="rptLinks" Runat="server">
		<ItemTemplate>
			<a href='quinceanera.aspx?cat_id=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "cat_id")%>'><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "cat_name")%></a><br>
		</ItemTemplate>
		<FooterTemplate>
			<br>
		</FooterTemplate>
	</asp:Repeater>
</font>
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Imports System.Data.SqlClient
 
 
Namespace keepsake
 
 
    Partial Class Categories1
        Inherits System.Web.UI.UserControl
 
#Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code "
 
        'This call is required by the Web Form Designer.
        <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
 
        End Sub
 
 
        Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init
            'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer
            'Do not modify it using the code editor.
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
 
#End Region
 
        Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            If (Not Page.IsPostBack) Then
                Dim objConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ConnectionString"))
                Dim objCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand
                Dim objReader As SqlDataReader
 
                objCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Categories ORDER BY cat_name"
 
                objCommand.Connection = objConn
 
                objConn.Open()
                rptLinks.DataSource = objCommand.ExecuteReader
                rptLinks.DataBind()
                objConn.Close()
 
                objCommand.Dispose()
                objCommand = Nothing
 
                objConn.Dispose()
                objConn = Nothing
            End If
        End Sub
 
    End Class
 
End Namespace

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Does it work if you wrap the repeater in <form> tags?

<form id="form1" runat="server">
        <asp:Repeater ID="rptLinks" Runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                        <a href='quinceanera.aspx?cat_id=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "cat_id")%>'><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "cat_name")%></a><br>
                </ItemTemplate>
                <FooterTemplate>
                        <br>
                </FooterTemplate>
        </asp:Repeater>
</form>

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bigmoxy

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No, I get the same error:

c:\websites\quinceaneragallery.com\Categories.ascx.vb(37) : error BC30451: Name
'rptLinks' is not declared.
There's nothing wrong with the declaration. I know VS2008 shows some carzy messages when they are acctually not. Possibility is there might be some other errors in the page. Are you seeing any other errors along with this?
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