Clotters

I'll try to explain this the best I can, sorry if this is unclear.

Basically, I want to create a player contract system for a football (soccer) management game. Obviously, contract demands will be based on player skills and such statistics. Now, my question is how, using VB6, could I get the program to read the rosters (where player stats are located) from a .txt file and operate accordingly depending upon which player's contract is being negotiated? If the player I want to negotiate with is in a text file called 'tot' and I'd like to discuss a player's name in 'tot' called J_Yobo, how can I program VB6 to be capable of finding the player in the roster that is the subject of contract negotiation. Finally, once the correct player is located, how can I then get VB6 to identify the specific stats of the player that are needed to be found?

Does anyone possibly know of where I could find some good source code that could help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

GoO

i think its better to use a database with that as its easier to manipulate than a text file. it'll be easier to find a player and his statistics that way...