HTML form pre-populating functionality or hints on building my own

[Andrew Henshaw]

Scott Chapman wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm wanting to find (or make) a module that will take a HTML file, locate
> the input-related form tags (<INPUT, <TEXTAREA, <SELECT, <OPTION) and
> modify them by putting in values from a dictionary (i.e. pre-populate the
> form). I want a module that is implemented 100% in python and does _not_
> use any special tags to do this (such as webware, albatross, spyce, etc.)
> 
> The only thing I've seen that does this is EmbPerl (I'm tired of Perl) and
> Integratis' DFP module (implemented in C and not a straight-forward
> install).
> 

Try looking at PyMeld <http://www.entrian.com/PyMeld>.  Very slick.  You may 
need to check the license, however.


--Andy Henshaw