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Hello. I would like a certain event type to be the default for all new events, and for the users not to see the drop-down for Event Type selection in the New Event form. I know how to create the EventInfo.tpl template to remove the drop-down, but since this is a required field, removing it does not solve the problem as you still get the error saying it was not selected. Therefore, I would like to create a default event type so that any event created without the drop-down will create an event without an error message and be of this certain default event type. Does anyone have a good idea on how to do this?

I've been trying to use hook_civicrm_buildForm() to do this, but I have a few questions beyond "Will it work?"

1) What is the value of $formName for this form? Is this documented anywhere?

2) Is $defaults[event_type_id] the proper variable to set the default to?

Thank you all for your help!

JE

1. did u enable the module

2. put a debug statement as the first line of the function and check that the hook is called

3. you can also change event type id to be a hidden element with the value of 8

4. since u r in NY, u might want to consider attending developer camp where we cover the above and a whole lot more

http://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=62

lobo

you should put a print statement in the hook to find the form name. you might want to read the chapter:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/DevelopIntro
http://civicrm.org/architecture

to get a better idea of the code base and developing around civicrm

lobo