Anders, Thanks for the info, but it still seems rather cumbersome to remove fields from the Form.
I wish the custom form option would allow me to bind to a data object, based on field names being the same, that way I could have fields in the form that aren't bound and ones that are, without a lot of hassle. John On May 15, 6:56 pm, "anders conbere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I know the officially recommended way of accomplishing this > while still using the form_for_* helper functions is through the use > of a formfield_callback, a function that takes field instances and > mucks with them. > > def form_callback(field, **kwargs): > if field.name == "field_name": > return None > > my_instance = MyClass.objects.get(pk=x) > form = form_for_instance(instance, formfield_callback= form_callback) > > will remove the field named "field_name" from the form > > ~ Anders > > On 5/15/07, John Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > James, thanks for the quick reply! > > > Ok, I like what you have there, but it doesn't solve the problem of when I > > want to edit an existing record, how do I use the customform? I guess I'm > > just missing something super simple here, no? > > > I would think code like > > > instance = objects.get(id=1) > > form = OrderForm( > > instance) > > does this get me the form filled with the data from instance? > > > Thanks > > > On 5/15/07, James Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 5/15/07, John M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When I put up the form for order, I don't want the Customer (foreign > > > > key) to appear. I've not seen anything on the forum that shows you > > > > can easily eliminate a field from the form? > > > > In general, form_for_model and form_for_instance are for when you just > > > want "form for this thing" and don't care about fine-grained control > > > of the fields. When you do want fine-grained control of the fields, a > > > custom form is the way to go. > > > > > Unless I'm missing how to create a custom form, bind it to the DB's > > > > data and use it like I can form_for_instance() and form_for_model(). > > > > Something like this is what you're looking for, I think: > > > >http://dpaste.com/10396/ > > > > -- > > > "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of > > correct." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
