Setting writable to False is probably the best way to keep that field out of the form -- that's why I suggested setting the default value of the field instead. Does that not work?
Anthony On Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:04:05 PM UTC-5, Joe Barnhart wrote: > > I was trying to keep the filename out of the generated form since I want > it set "automatically" in the process of uploading the document. Is there > a better way to accomplish that? > > BTW, the test "if request.vars.upload" does not work. It returns "False" > even if the upload field has been set. I had to use the much uglier: > > if request.vars.upload!=None and request.vars.upload!='': > > -- Joe > > On Friday, December 28, 2012 3:48:26 PM UTC-8, Anthony wrote: >> >> I see. I think the problem is that you have set the writable attribute of >> the filename field to False. In that case, try setting the default value of >> that field: >> >> if request.vars.upload: >> db.fileobject.filename.default = request.vars.upload.filename >> form = SQLFORM(db.fileobject) >> >> Anthony >> >>> >>>>> --
