Thank you very much! Martin 2011/6/25 Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com>
> First, I think you want FORM(INPUT(_name='n')), otherwise you'll have an > empty form. > > If you want to pre-populate a form using form.vars.fieldname=somevalue, you > have to do that after the form is created, but *before* you call > form.accepts (the form.accepts method adds the form.vars value to the INPUT > element). See > http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Pre-populating-the-form. > > If you only want to pre-populate the field after a failed form submission > (but not when the form is initially loaded), then you could use an > alternative method: > > form.element(_name='n').update(_value='MY DYNAMIC VALUE') > > That updates the html INPUT element directly instead of relying on > form.accepts to add the form.vars value to the element. > > Anthony > > On Saturday, June 25, 2011 2:15:57 AM UTC-4, mweissen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> let's say I have a simple form like the following: >> >> def one(): >> >> form = FORM(_name='n') >> >> if form.accepts(request.vars, session): >> >> # do something >> redirect(URL('two')) >> >> else: >> >> *# what I want to do is something like* >> >> *form.vars.n = 'MY DYNAMIC VALUE'* >> >> >> return dict(form=form) >> >> >> Regards, Martin >> >>
