That worked perfectly. Thanks!
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:06:37 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>
> Something like:
>
> db.mytable.myfield.default = 'some\ntext\nwith\nline\​nbreaks'
> db.mytable.myfield.represent = lambda v, r: XML(v.replace('\n', '<br />'))
> db.mytable.myfield.writable = False
>
> With writable=False, no value will actually be submitted with the form --
> the default value will simply be inserted with the new record. However, the
> represent function will be used to display the read-only value on the form.
> Note, you can also specify the above three attributes directly in the
> initial field definition:
>
> db.define_table('mytable',
> Field('myfield', default=..., represent=..., writable=False))
>
> Note, in the represent function, it is necessary to wrap the value in
> XML() so the <br /> doesn't get escaped when serialized in the response
> body.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:52:25 PM UTC-4, Brian F wrote:
>>
>> I am prefilling a field in an SQLForm, but there are other fields that
>> the user will fill out. The text I am prefilling I would like to display,
>> but not allow the user to edit it. I am setting the writable to false, but
>> the problem is the text I am filling with has multiple lines
>> all separated by newlines(\n). I need to keep the newlines because this
>> data will eventually be pulled out of the database, put into a file, and
>> then loaded on some hardware, so replacing the '\n' with <br> isn't really
>> an option. The problem is by setting writable to false, it converts the
>> text just to normal html text which doesn't understand newlines. I would
>> like to either put the data into a textarea, but I will need to disable it
>> so the user can't modify it, or figure out a way to replace the newlines
>> with <br> but only on the html page, and make sure newlines are entered in
>> the database.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.Thanks!
>>
>
