translate userid into username

[SoloX]

hello:

an external program (chat presence) generates a list of userids and dumps them into a file:

232
2
334
54

I saw somewhere where i can include a php file in my templates but can someone suggest a quick(er) way to translate these ids into usernames so that I can display them on my forums?

Thanks

[midnz]

The following link to the 3.8 BBCode works with vB4.
What it does is simple... when you use the tag [user] to identify a certain member of the site, its real username with markup will appear.

[user] musername with profile link

[SoloX]

perfect!!! thanks midnz

--------------- Added [DATE]1294648670[/DATE] at [TIME]1294648670[/TIME] ---------------

ah. spoke too soon.

the code works fine in a thread or when creating a post but i am using another product to display a sidebar column. It does not render [user] in there.

Would you be so nice as to guide me where do I need to make the change in plugin so that this works?

Thanks