Hello Anthony, If I don't use eval(), should I use web2py dummy table, I don't see how I will be able to build dummy table dynamically and declare it as inputs_list to be use with the asterisk... If I just put a asterisk in front of my actual generated inputs_list it not working since the item in the list are text. I don't see how I can insert Field into the list without generating them as strings...
I will read a bit the links you sent. Thanks. Richard On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > I wounder what should be the best way to alter a form generated by >> SQLFORM.factory in a way where fields will be placed into a html table a 3 >> columns. >> >> So each 3 fields I need to insert a "tr" and each field need to be in a >> "td"... >> > > You might want to create a custom form layout in the view: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/7#Custom-forms. That way you > can still use SQLFORM.factory to handle all the widget creation and > processing, but you can present the fields however you want. You might also > check out plugin_solidform <http://dev.s-cubism.com/plugin_solidform>. > > formstring = "SQLFORM.factory(" +','.join(inputs_list)+")" >> >> form = eval(formstring) >> > > No need to eval code like that in Python. If you have a list of objects > you want to submit as separate args to a function, just precede the list > with an asterisk: > > form = SQLFORM.factory(*input_list) > > In that case, you can change the way you define the Field items in the > list -- make them actual Field() objects rather than just strings of code. > > Note, for keyword arguments, you can submit a dictionary preceded by two > asterisks: > > some_function(**some_dictionary) > > Anthony >
