Variable declared as Public is not appearing in all modules

[asquaredb]

I have just realised that this forum is for Professionals and I am out of place so I will understand if I get bumped off.
However, the problem I have is rather odd and maybe a professional developer will have the answer.
Using VB6 on a computer running MS XP Professional, I have written a program which includes several forms and a .BAS module as the sub Main().
In one of the forms I can get a value for a variable which I wish to use in the other forms. This variable has been declared as Public in the .BAS module and should be available in all forms.
But it isn't and I am at a complete loss as to why.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks in advance
asquaredb

[asquaredb]

Actually I think I have cracked it. I changed the name of the variable, declared it as Public and ran the program. It worked fine.
The original variable name was path - which as far as I know, is not a reserved word. So why it did not work I will never know.
Thank you for your patience and sorry to have bothered you all.
asquaredb