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That is a pretty big change !

For my setup I wanted to use 2 monitors, bezel in screen0 and marquee on screen1. Last night I created a small VBS script that would do the following :

NOTE : I keep my artwork files unzipped in folders under the artwork folder for this project. The end-result ZIPs are saved to the artwork root folder as a backup.

1 - detect if a default.lay exists,
2 - detect if there is a matching gamename marquee file in the marquee folder, if so, copy to artwork folder and append _marquee to the file name
3 - detect the width/height of the marquee image
4 - backup the original lay file
5 - inject a marquee element and marquee_only view into the lay file
6 - create a new ZIP file that contains all the original artwork, the marquee and both lay files (original and new default.lay)

My MAME.INI is configured for 2 screens, screen0 is auto and screen1 is marquee. Now when I launch a game I get the game+bezel in the main window and a full size marquee in the 2nd monitor. Works pretty slick.

Reading the change you posted, looks like this won't work/be needed in the future w/the removal of the marquee element. We'll have to see what changes need to be made to get the look working again.