On 2 sep, 19:10, cArkraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > am pretty new to Django and Python in general. > I seem not be able to let the 'initial' value of a form-field be > calculated by its parent form. > > I'd like to do sth like this: > > class AbstractForm(forms.Form): > some_attr = "foo" > > def some_method(self): > if self.some_attr == "foo": return "foo" > return "Something else..." > > some_field = forms.CharField(initial=self.some_method()) > > ..but obviously I cant access 'self' when declaring some_field..
Indeed. the AbstractForm class doesn't exists yet, so let's not even talk about an instance... > and > obviously I have yet to learn a lot about Python oop :) May I recommand comp.lang.py ? FWIW, how functions become methods is something I explained quite a few times there !-) > Fyi. I do not want to initiate form defaults like > f = MyForm(initial=...) in my views since I'd have to repeat that in > each view. > > I'd rather do things like this lateron: > class ConcreteForm(AbstractForm): > some_attr = "bar" > > Somebody willing to enlighten me? Honestly, I think Daniel's solution is the way to go... At least, it's the simplest thing to do, and it should JustWork(tm). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
