This is not a very secure thing to do. But if you must, then just use initial to set the value.
Michael Trier blog.michaeltrier.com On Dec 20, 2007 2:32 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I am looking for a way to auto-populate a newforms field, I > would like to have the input hidden, and be auto-populated with the > name field of the Customer class the Issue class is a foreign key to > the Customer class can anyone point me in the right direction, any > help would be appreciated, should I use base_fields or is there a > better way? > > > def add_edit_customer(request, id=None): > if id is None: > CustomerEntryForm = forms.form_for_model(Customer) > else: > IssueEntryForm = forms.form_for_model(Issue) > entry = get_object_or_404(Customer, pk=id) > issues = Issue.objects.filter(name=entry.name) > CustomerEntryForm = forms.form_for_instance(entry) > cust1 = Customer.objects.get(pk=id) > issues = Issue.objects.filter(customer=cust1) > IssueEntryForm.base_fields['customer'].widget = > widgets.HiddenInput() > IssueEntryForm.base_fields['customer'] = cust1.name > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
