Haven't tried it, but maybe add the value to form.vars via an onvalidation function:
def add_dynamic_value(form): form.vars.dynamic_field = [value calculated from existing form.vars] form = SQLFORM(db.mytable).process(onvalidation=add_dynamic_value) Anthony On Sunday, August 3, 2014 1:28:46 AM UTC+2, desta wrote: > > Is it possible, when creating a form with SQLFORM to set a field as hidden? > > In my application I have a form which one of its fields, has to be > completed automatically i.e. not by the user. The problem is that the data > that goes into that field is dynamic (depends on the actions of the user) > and it is not known when the form is constructed in the controller. That > means that the field has to be in the html and hidden. *readable=False* > and *writable=False* don't work in this case. > > Any suggestions? > > Thank you. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.