Can anyone point me in the right way as to why this code doesn't work?

VB Code:
  1. Private Type record
  2.     name As String * 15
  3.     gender As String * 1
  4.     status As String
  5.     children As Integer
  6. End Type
  7. Dim field As record
  8. Dim x As Integer
  9. Dim fileno As Integer
  10. Dim recordlen As Long
  11. Dim recnum As Integer
  12. Dim y As Integer
  13. Dim z As Integer
  14.  
  15. Private Sub Form_Load()
  16. Dim name() As String
  17. Dim gender() As String
  18. Dim status() As String
  19. Dim children() As Integer
  20. Dim value As String
  21.  
  22. Dim fileno As Integer
  23. fileno = FreeFile
  24. value = 2
  25. x = 1
  26. y = 0
  27.  
  28. dlg2.FileName = "c:\My Documents\storage.txt"
  29. file_2_open = dlg2.FileName
  30. recordlen = Len(field)
  31. recnum = FileLen(file_2_open) / recordlen
  32. Open file_2_open For Random As fileno Len = recordlen
  33.     For z = x To recnum
  34.         Get fileno, x, field.name & field.gender & field.status & field.children
  35.         If field.gender = "M" Then
  36.             If field.children > value Then
  37.                 lblName1(y).Caption = Trim(field.name)
  38.                 lblGender1(y).Caption = Trim(field.gender)
  39.                 lblStatus1(y).Caption = Trim(field.status)
  40.                 lblChildren1(y).Caption = Trim(field.children)
  41.                 y = y + 1
  42.             Else:
  43.             End If
  44.         Else:
  45.         End If
  46.     x = x + 1
  47.     If y = 2 Then
  48.     Exit For
  49.     End If
  50.     Next z
  51. Close fileno
  52. End Sub

basically, I hv these records in storage.txt... each record consisting of 4 fields.....

now i can't retrieve them...

i get this compile error "variable required - can't assign to expression" and when choosiung to debug in VB, it points to the & in:
Get fileno, x, field.name & field.gender & field.status & field.children