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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
