no such need for variables juz use
$did(listid).seltext it will return the text of the selected...
but if u are using the mdx it will have some other text related to the icons and so on ... juz use $left,$mid, or $right to retrieve the nick
and do a sline $active [nick]
than dll $nickdll Popup $active
and i will work ..
i almost finish mine juz need some cleanup on the bugs =)