Yes I understand that. What would be the best way to handle this?
Seemingly, the couple of items suggested did not work for me so I am not
sure where that leaves me.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes that works, though it's not as secure because someone can still submit
> a value for that field if they are determined, so you might want to check
> for that variable on the server and delete it if submitted.
>
> Anthony
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:15:04 AM UTC-4, Tom Russell wrote:
>
>> I ended up doing this in the controller which works for what I need:
>>
>> form.element('#no_table_**medical_record_number')['_**readonly']=True
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure that method will work for readonly fields, so you may have
>>> to use the method I showed (i.e., set the default value for the field
>>> before creating the form).
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, June 24, 2013 11:23:01 PM UTC-4, Tom Russell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes I tried that:
>>>>
>>>> Field('medical_record_number', label='MRN', writable=False,
>>>> readable=True, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
>>>>
>>>> Still just shows none for the field on the form.
>>>>
>>>> In my controller this is what I am doing:
>>>>
>>>> form.vars.medical_record_**numbe**r = 'KND' + str(date.today().year) +
>>>> '0000' + str(random.randrange(1, 9999999+1))
>>>>
>>>> If I set both to True then it shows the value no problem.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> db.mytable.myfield.default = some_value
>>>>> db.mytable.myfield.writable = False
>>>>>
>>>>> Leave readable at True in order to show the value but not allow it to
>>>>> be edited.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, June 24, 2013 11:00:59 PM UTC-4, Tom Russell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a form and I load a pre existing value that I generate
>>>>>> internally before I call the form. What I want to see on the form is the
>>>>>> value shown up but just as plain text so the user cannot modify it. If I
>>>>>> do
>>>>>> readable-False then it just shows None for the value rather than the
>>>>>> value.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How would I make that happen on the form then?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
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