I did have a look through this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82836
I preferred the class.forumops.php setup.
We just purchased VB v5 and these two includes don't seem to exist:
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/forum/core/includes/class_dm.php'); // for class_dm_user.php
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/forum/core/includes/class_dm_user.php'); // for user functions
Any ideas how to manage user records (add/edit/delete) in a script that can be called outside of the actual running VB system?