h7> i'd like to display a banner file when user joins a specific message
 h7> area on my mystic setup. not msg group but a msg area (local). i think
 h7> there was a way of doing that but im too dumb to find it from the doc
 h7> and too lazy to start coding some mpl .. i think there was something but
 h7> i cant just remember what it was.

This MPL script will do it for you.  It display "marea" from the
theme text directory whenever a user selects a different message base.  This
replaces the MA menu command.

[---SNIP---]
Uses
  User,
  MBase;

Var
  BaseNum : LongInt;
Begin
  GetThisUser;

  BaseNum := UserMBase;

  MenuCmd('MA', ParamStr(1));

  GetThisUser;

  If BaseNum <> UserMBase Then Begin
    GetMBase(UserMBase);

    DispFile ('marea' + Int2Str(MBaseIndex));
  End;
End
[----END----]

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