[King Kovifor]

If it is within your template, you would want to call just:

{vb:raw dd}

As

{vb:raw dd.memberaction_dropdown}

Implies code such as this:

PHP Code:

$dd = array('memberaction_dropdown' => $memberaction_dropdown); 


The registering of a variable is strictly that. You create a variable and assign it a value. In your case dd is defined as $memberaction_dropdown. So where ever you use {vb:raw dd} the contents of $memberaction_dropdown will be displayed.