'imports' statement must precede any declarations
<pre><code>    module module1
    imports System.Collections.Generic
    imports System.Io
        sub main()



            dim subject as string
            dim topic(5) as string
            dim question(5) as string
            dim foundfile as List
            dim directory as string

            console.writeline("enter the subject your revising")
            subject=console.readline()

            directory="C:\Users\Zak\Documents\revisionhog\subjects\physics\imaging"

            For each file as String In IO.directory.Getfiles(directory, "*.pdf", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)
                foundfile.add(file)

            Next


            for x = 0 to 5
                console.writeline(foundFile)
            next

        end sub
end module
</code></pre>

<p>tyring to add file that i have found after a search to a list of strings.
i thought that i had placed import before declarations???
help???</p>