You never processed the form. You have to call form.process() or
form.accepts() for your variable assignments to get transferred to the
widgets.
Anthony
On Monday, August 20, 2012 5:30:19 AM UTC-4, Daniel Gonzalez wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to pre-populate the profile form with some random data, which
> I am using for testing, like this:
>
> def random_pre_populate(form):
> register_data = RegisterData().random()
> form.vars.first_name = register_data['first_name']
> form.vars.surname1 = register_data['surname1']
> form.vars.surname2 = register_data['surname2']
> form.vars.email = register_data['email']
> form.vars.address = register_data['address']
> form.vars.postcode = register_data['postcode']
> form.vars.city = register_data['city']
> form.vars.country = register_data['country']
> return form
>
> def index():
> response.flash = T("Welcome to Acme!")
> response.my_header = False
> login_form = FORM(INPUT(_name='email', _style =
> 'width:360px;height:28px;margin-bottom:0px;', requires=IS_EMAIL(
> error_message=auth.messages.invalid_email), _placeholder = T('Email')),
> INPUT(_type = 'submit', _value = T('Sign In'),_class
> = 'btn btn-large'),
> _action = URL(r = request, f = agent_redirect))
> register_form = FORM(INPUT(_name='email', _style =
> 'width:360px;height:28px;margin-bottom:0px;', requires=IS_EMAIL(
> error_message=auth.messages.invalid_email), _placeholder = T('Email')),
> INPUT(_type = 'submit', _value = T('Try Out'),_class
> = 'btn btn-large btn-primary'),
> _action = URL(r = request, f = 'user/register'))
> # Pre-populate the register_form - this is useful for testing, to
> avoid having to type this data
> register_form = random_pre_populate(register_form)
>
> return dict(message = T('Hello world!'),
> login_form = login_form,
> register_form = register_form)
>
> The data generation is done in RegisterData().random(), which just uses
> mostly-random data.
> Unfortunately the data does not appear in the profile form. How can I
> achieve this?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
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