quickform auto form population

I thought i was going bonkers this afternoon with something which seems to be a feature of Quickform! I have a number of pages containing Quickforms which represent a linked process. each form has a hidden variable called "func" with an associated value. when a quickform is submitted its action points straight to the next form. this bypasses any server-side validation by quickform. on the next page i then define a quickform which also has a hidden variable called "func" but a different value is associated with this one. i've spent about 3 hours debugging everything trying to work out why my 2nd page seems to have a hidden "func" with the value of the first page still!? turns out i think its the feature of quickform to auto populate a form field if it finds the value somehow. how can i override this quickform feature? I'm defining my hidden variables using: $form->addElement('hidden', 'func', 'Front::application->checkCodeKeyValid'); which i thought would be enough to force a value to them, ignoring any assistance by quickform to auto-populate fields. how do i stop, or get around this problem? regards, mike carter -- http://www.buddasworld.co.uk ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net