form.vars.fieldname = 'fieldvalue'
-Jim
On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:13:20 PM UTC-5, MichaelF wrote:
>
> I have a 'regular' form (i.e., FORM, not SQLFORM). I want to prepopulate
> some of the fields, but I don't know the values to use for them when I
> first create the form. What's the best practice for populating field
> 'subject'? Is it using the 'element' function? For example:
>
> form = FORM(
> FIELDSET('Subject: ', INPUT(_name='subject')),
> FIELDSET('Recipients: ', INPUT(_name='recips', )),
> FIELDSET('Message: ', TEXTAREA(_name='message')),
> INPUT(_type='submit', _value='send', _name='sendBtn'),
> INPUT(_type='submit', _value='cancel', _name='cancelBtn'))
> if form.accepts(...):
> ...
> elif form.errors:
> ...
> else:
> someCalculatedValue = some_database_call()
> form.element(_name='subject')['_value'] = someCalculatedValue
>
> Thanks.
>
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