Thanks for reply, Paulo
But if I...
---
class SendMessageForm(forms.Form):
recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(currentUser=self.user,
label=u'Send to')
messageSubject= forms.CharField(label=u'Subject')
messageContent = forms.CharField(label=u'Content',
widget=forms.Textarea())
def __init__(self, inputUser, *args, **kwargs):
self.user= inputUser
super(SendMessageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
---
the 'recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(currentUser=self.user,
label=u'Send to')' raises error because of that 'self.user' ('self'
wouldn't be defined and be out of scope)
On Aug 6, 11:09 am, Paulo Almeida <[email protected]> wrote:
> It doesn't have to be a callable, you can just do something like:
>
> recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(currentUser=self.currentUser)
>
> I never used that kwargs.pop function (I didn't know you could do that),
> but I have code like this:
>
> class ExperimentForm(ModelForm):
> """ Generate form to handle experiment information. """
> def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
> super(ExperimentForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
> try:
> preferences = Preferences.objects.get(user=user)
>
> That last 'user' is just what came from the function call in the view.
>
> - Paulo
>
> 2009/8/6 Julián C. Pérez <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> > My real problem it that the field should looks like:
> > ---
> > recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(currentUser=_something_,
> > label=u'Send to')
> > ---
> > and if I have a form's init method like...
> > ---
> > def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
> > self.currentUser = kwargs.pop('currentUser', None)
> > super(SendMessageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
> > ---
> > it won't change the current user already defined in the field
>
> > Now, I want to make something like...
> > ---
> > recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(currentUser=getCurrentUser,
> > label=u'Send to')
> > ---
> > where 'getCurrentUser' is a callable function similar to:
> > ---
> > def get_image_path(instance, filename):
> > return 'photos/%s/%s' % (instance.id, filename)
>
> > class Photo(models.Model):
> > image = models.ImageField(upload_to=get_image_path)
> > ---
> > how can I do that?
>
> > On Aug 6, 9:58 am, Daniel Roseman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Aug 6, 3:34 pm, Julián C. Pérez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi
> > > > I tried doing that...
> > > > But it does not work
> > > > For example, if I do something like...
> > > > ---
> > > > class SendMessageForm(forms.Form):
> > > > recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(label=u'Send to')
> > > > messageSubject= forms.CharField(label=u'Subject')
> > > > messageContent = forms.CharField
> > > > (label=u'Content',widget=forms.Textarea())
> > > > def __init__(self, currentUser):
> > > > self.currentUser = currentUser
> > > > super(SendMessageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
> > > > ---
> > > > that init method in my custom form class won't change anything in the
> > > > already defined ShowValidContactList field
>
> > > Because you are clobbering the existing parameters to __init__. You
> > > should do it like this:
>
> > > def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
> > > self.currentUser = kwargs.pop('currentUser', None)
> > > super(SendMessageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>
> > > --
> > > DR.
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