Re: Working with a Custom, Dynamic Form (using BaseForm)

Hi Anton,

Thank you very much for your response. The 'fields_for_a' is generating the form fields for the instance of the model 'A'. The author admits that it might not be the prettiest implementation, but fully functional. 

def fields_for_a(instance):

    # generate a sorted dict of fields corresponding to the Field model

    # for the A instance

    fields_dict = SortedDict()

    fields = field_list(instance)

    # this really, really should be refactored

    for field in fields:

        if field.field_type == Field.BOOLEAN_FIELD:

            fields_dict[field.name] = forms.BooleanField(label=field.label, required=False, help_text=field.help_text)

        elif field.field_type == Field.CHAR_FIELD:

            widget = forms.TextInput

            fields_dict[field.name] = forms.CharField(label=field.label, required=field.required, max_length=field.max_length, help_text=field.help_text, widget=widget)

.........................(etc)................

             fields_dict[field.name] = field_type(label=field.label,

                                                 required=field.required,

                                                 help_text=field.help_text,

                                                 max_length=field.max_length,

                                                 widget=widget)

    return fields_dict

I am hoping to add an additional field, "Photographers" (from the 'Photographer' model) to AForm so that users can select a Photographer to become part of an instance of the 'A' model.

Does that make sense?

Thank you very much for any ideas!

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