For my tests I defined a table, so you are right in that it probably does not work for factory fields. Why can't you use a table? you don't have to save any records if you don't want to.
species_form.element(_id="no_table_species") gives you the textarea element but _value is part of the attributes, which are used when the form is *created* and changing them later has no effect on the form unless it is re-created. But if still want to change the element you can modify its components, in this case the string inside the textarea: species_form.element(_id="no_table_species").components[0] = 'foobar' Hope it helps. On May 4, 9:06 am, selecta <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried it but it did not work, > also it would be nice if i could do something with the uploaded > information first (apply some filter, reformating ...)> > Field('species_file', 'upload', label="Upload Names", > > uploadfield='species') > > > uploadfield = True # means store file on disk > > uploadfield = 'field_name' # store content in that DB field > > do not have a db table, does it matter? > > > uploadfield = False # file content is discarded > > I really think that species_form.element(_id="no_table_species") > ["_value"] = 'foobar' > would be the solution, but _value just does not work for textarea > this looks a bit like a bug
