I want to alter the options for a cck optionwidgets_select element based on data in the node itself. I can't use a function in the cck widget configuration page because that's called before the node is loaded, so I don't know what the options should be yet. I can't do it in hook_form_alter() because optionwidgets_select elements have not yet been fully rendered (the actual options for the select have not been set yet). I can make the alteration using #pre_render, but then form validation has run already so I've corrupted the form and I fail _form_validate() and get the 'illegal choice...' error. And I cannot use the drupal_process_form()/drupal_rebuild_form() trick (as seen in AHAH) because the #pre_render callback does not have access to $form_state. I can't use #DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK because it has been removed. Maybe I could use AHAH, but that would be very hacky as I do not need any input from the user in order to generate my options, just data from the node itself. The upgrade doc says to look here for alternatives to #DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK: http://drupal.org/node/182310 - yet that issue supplies no examples of a workaround. I understand the reason for removal of #DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK, but this use case is the type that the option was truly created for (I think :) I'm posting this question to the list after several days of trying every solution I could think of. If there is a solution, surely it will help others as well. -- Harry Slaughter Web Developer Devbee - Effective Drupal http://devbee.com/ 619-249-8780