what is going on here:
self.base_fields = fields_for_a(self.instance) ?
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Nick_B <nickbew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have hit a huge roadblock trying to implement a custom, dynamic form into
> my django project. Although I am more familiar with using ModelForms, I
> need to use BaseForm to work with the structure I already have in place.
>
> I have a dictionary of objects inside of my Model 'Photographer' that I am
> trying to pass into my form. The objects from 'Photographer' will be a drop
> down option for the user to select from, then will become part of an
> instance of another model 'A' after the user submits the form. I cannot
> figure out how to include the objects from 'Photographer' into my form,
> given the following form structure:
>
> class AForm(BaseForm):
> def __init__(self, data=None, files=None, instance=None,
> auto_id='id_%s',
> prefix=None, initial=None, error_class=ErrorList,
> label_suffix=':', empty_permitted=False):
>
> if not instance:
> raise NotImplementedError("Instance must be provided")
>
> self.instance = instance
> object_data = self.instance.fields_dict()
> self.declared_fields = SortedDict()
> self.base_fields = fields_for_a(self.instance)
>
> # if initial was provided, it should override the values from
> instance
> if initial is not None:
> object_data.update(initial)
>
> BaseForm.__init__(self, data, files, auto_id, prefix,
> object_data,
> error_class, label_suffix, empty_permitted)
>
> cleaned_data = self.cleaned_data
>
> # save fieldvalues for self.instance
> fields = field_list(self.instance)
>
> for field in fields:
> if field.enable_wysiwyg:
> value = unicode(strip(cleaned_data[field.name]))
> else:
> value = unicode(cleaned_data[field.name])
>
> return self.instance
>
> For a more full representation of the problem in general, including all of
> the models and a lot of the view code, please see my stack overflow
> question:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11548992/adding-values-to-complex-django-view
> .
>
> I cannot thank you enough for any advice given. I have been struggling
> with this issue for over a month, sadly. I appreciate any commentary.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
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