VB.NET making private variables global
<p>i have some functions like this:</p>

<pre><code>Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim act_url As String = WebBrowser1.Url.ToString
MsgBox (act_url)
...
...
End Sub
</code></pre>

<p>now i want to take the content of act_url to another functions but how can i change it to a global Variable?</p>