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I had though that by adding $bbuserinfo[data] in as the default value when crating a new profile field when I created the forum might take the data I want to auto populate the field and put it in, but that is not so much the case.

vBulletin doesn't check its own templates to see whats changed and make changes to its database structure accordingly...its only a piece of forum software. I see you figured out that you had to create a custom field and use that.

I thought perhaps entering the value directly into the field in the database would work, but it did not work. Are the profile fields set up like a regular text entry field for a form?

If you select the Single line text box option when you add a new User Field then yes, if you haven't changed the default location you can see it on the User CP -> Edit Profile Page.

Originally Posted by JGM007

If you set a default value for the field, say $bboptions[username] why would it not return the user name in that field as the default value?

Because you should be using $bbuserinfo[username] as opposed to $bboptions, although I would not recommend doing that since if someone has already put data into that field which is not the same as their username they won't be able to see it. (I don't know if you can edit the value bit anyway.

Can you explain what you want to do with the Custom Profile Field? Their may be a better approach or at least people can give better advice if you tell us what its for.