[development] Modifying event date in hook_form

[Ron Parker]

Thank you.  Using hook_form_alter and weighting the agenda module higher 
than the event module resolves the problem.

-ron

Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:

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>>I've posted this in Forums, but doesn't look like I'm going to get a
>>response, and I'm pretty sure someone here knows this right off the bat.
>>I'm creating an agenda module for 5.x. So far, it only requires the
>>event module.  The module creates a new content type: "agenda".  It is
>>set to appear in all calendars (for now) so has event start and end date
>>fields associated with it.
>>
>><>To use it, I create an event node, then the module allows me to create
>>an agenda node that corresponds to the event node. The agenda content
>>type has start/end date fields. I do not have jscalendar.module
>>installed.  I wish to pass the start and end dates of the corresponding
>>event node to the agenda node automatically.
>>
>>I'm currently trying to use the following code in hook_form, which I
>>modified from the event_form_alter() function:
>>
>> $event = node_load($node->event_id); // Load corresponding event node
>>
>>   if (arg(1) == 'add' || arg(1) == 'ognodeadd') {
>>     $form['event_start'] = array(
>>       '#type' => 'fieldset',
>>       '#title' => t('Start date'),
>>       '#weight' => -15
>>       );
>>     $form['event_start']['date'] = event_form_date($event->event_start,
>>'start', $event->start_offset);
>>   }
>>
>>But, nothing is coming through.
>>    
>>
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>That's probably because event.module replaces your form stuff by its own
>in event_form_alter. What you need to do is to implement your own
>hook_form_alter and alter the stuff event put in, specifically th
>default values. For this to work you need to make sure your module has a
>higher weight in the system table than event.module.
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>Cheers,
>	Gerhard
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