Hello again. In the plugin I'm developing, the "workaround" I have provides the real link to the SMF profile page. In the Profile tab, I've included a link that takes you to the actual forum profile page for that user. If you're a forum administrator, you can literally get to (and per SMF's permissions edit) any member's profile.
For now, that's the best solution I could come up with, being that I'm not a "code stud" so to speak.
But hey, it works, and it gets me where I need to go.
Okay, back to work for me!
Regards,
Brat.