Sorry, after googling some more the glaringly simple solution revealed
itself
form=NoteForm(initial={'organisation': oid})
Shame I found that cookbook item in the first place - complete red
herring.
Paul
On Jun 27, 11:03 am, paultanner <p...@virtual-techno.com> wrote:
> Whilst I appreciate that hidden fields can be less than ideal in some
> cases I want to set default values in a form generated from a model.
>
> http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookManipulatorWithHiddenFields
> gives some guidance but this approach appears to be deprecated in
> django 1.02 (and the refernced cookbook pages does not say so)
>
> What is the new way to do this pls?
>
> Thx. Paul
>
> class Note(models.Model):
> organisation = models.ForeignKey(Organisation)
> contact = models.ForeignKey(Contact)
> last_contact = models.DateTimeField()
> notes = models.TextField(blank=True)
> def __str__(self):
> return '%s %s' %(self.last_contact,self.contact)
>
> class NoteForm (ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model=Note
>
> ###### deprecated #######
> class NoteManipulator(Note.AddManipulator):
> def __init__(self):
> # Set everything up initially using the built in manipulator
> Note.AddManipulator.__init__(self)
> newFields = []
> # replacing some fields with HiddenFields
> for field in self.fields:
> if field.field_name in ('user',):
> field = formfields.HiddenField(field.field_name,
> field.is_required,
> field.validator_list)
> newFields.append(field)
> self.fields = newFields
>
> def note(request,id=''):
> if request.method == "POST":
> .. processing stuff here ..
> else:
> oid=request.GET.get('oid','')
> if id:
> # prepare for update
> inst=Note.objects.get(id=id)
> form=NoteForm(instance=inst)
> submit="Update"
> else:
> # prepare for insert
> # default foreign key on new record
> manipulator = noteManipulator()
> dflt={'organisation=oid': oid}
> errors={}
> ### deprecated
> form=NoteForm().FormWrapper(manipulator, dflt, errors)
> submit="Insert"
> return render_to_response('crm/note.html',{
> 'form': form,
> 'id': id,
> 'oid': oid,
> 'submit': submit,
> })
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