rescue the value of a variable type application from a file ".vb"

[clv]

Hello:
I need to rescue the value of a variable type application from a file ".vb",
when making
"j = Application("te st")" throws an error to me, if I the same make from a
pagina aspx I do not have problems.
as I must do it? it is possible to do it?
Claudio Lemus