# Error: 'Function' is not allowed before the Class definition

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/error-function-is-not-allowed-before-the-class-definition/391814>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [April 24, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/error-function-is-not-allowed-before-the-class-definition/391814 "2017-04-24T22:31:30Z")\
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A `UFUNCTION` has to be inside a `UCLASS`. Yours is declared outside any class and is later defined inside `UCreateNewObject`.

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