Thanks guys, I'm gonna give this a try!

Mike.

On Jan 20, 1:53 pm, Daniel Roseman <roseman.dan...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> On Jan 20, 12:56 pm, "shogunm...@googlemail.com"
>
>
>
> <shogunm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
>
> > Thanks for your quick reply!
>
> > I had a look at the docs, but it seems I have to enter the initial
> > values at the Form definition level. However, I am interested in
> > entering dynamic data depending on who is viewing the form. For
> > instance, in my case I want the user's email address to be displayed
> > in the form when they view the page. Since the form definition doesn't
> > have access to the request object, I presume this is not possible.
>
> > Is there any other way to do this?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Mike.
>
> No, you can pass initial data when you instantiate the form in your
> view.
>
> f = MyFormClass(initial=initial_data)
>
> See 
> here:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/fields/#dynamic-initia...
> I have to admit it took some searching before I could find this link,
> even though I knew it was there; the 'fields' page doesn't seem like a
> very obvious place for it.
>
> --
> DR.
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