I am trying to use Path() but it has a blue line under it and says, "local variable (path) cannot be referred to until it is declared." How can I use Path()?

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO

Public Class MessageController
    Inherits System.Web.Mvc.Controller

    <EmployeeAuthorize()>
    <HttpPost()>
    Function SendReply(ByVal id As Integer, ByVal message As String, ByVal files As IEnumerable(Of HttpPostedFileBase)) As JsonResult


            ' upload files
            For Each i In files

                If (i.ContentLength > 0) Then

                    Dim fileName = path.GetFileName(i.FileName)
                    Dim path = path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/uploads"), fileName)
                    i.SaveAs(path)

                End If

            Next


    End Function

End Class