Open filehandle/InputDataStream try readln(String) pieces = new StringTokenizer(String) try piece1 = data1 piece2 = data2 piece3 = data3 piece4 = data4 piece5 = data5 catch print error in data format catch EOF put into hastable based on ?? (location, name) generate new UWP details for PE some sort of ranged subsector viewer(?) - worth denoting sector boundaries? manipulate data with FileMaker Pro - convert to larger scale location format (perhaps from "reference") pitch out the TradeCodes (remarks), keep bases & PBG (need to parse in) keep stellar data create extended listing format (?include trade codes?) - web/text/internet format GUI look - grayscale buttons, vaguely raised? (TLWH) pointilized large area look? need a distance algorythm given two hex codes...