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yes, use the buildForm hook and then set the defaults in that hook. There is an example in:
 
file: drupal/civitest.module.sample, function civitest_civicrm_buildForm

lobo

Lobo,

I found your example in the module mentioned above, but I'm not clear on what I have to do to make the state on the "New Individual" contact form default to Connecticut.  I've got the Drupal module working fine...no issues there.

I see that the field I want to set is:  address[1]['state_province_id'] with the id of the select element being 'address_1_state_province_id'.

and the value I want by default is Connecticut, or id=1006.

function eca_civicrm_buildForm($formName, &$form) {
  if ($formName == 'CRM_Contact_Form_Contact') {

    $defaults = array('address' => array(1 => array('state_province_id' => 1006)));
    $form->setDefaults( $defaults );

    //print_r($form);

  }
}

If I check the _defaultValues array by uncommenting the print_r and checking the source, my modification seems to be in the correct location.  I can see that state_province_id has the selected attribute set correctly at 1006, but for some reason it's not selected in the UI.

PS I will post the complete example once I get it working.

Thanks Lobo.

My problem was that I kept refreshing the page, and my code somehow wasn't taking effect. When I selected a new Organization from the dropdown block, it worked properly.

Here's the complete module code:

function eca_civicrm_buildForm($formName, &$form) {
 
  // uncomment the next line, then navigate to the page in question to find out the form name
  // echo $formName;
 
  if ($formName == 'CRM_Contact_Form_Contact') {
   
    //all of these methods worked for me; take your pick
    $defaults = array('address' => array(1 => array('state_province_id' => 1006)));
    //$defaults['address[1][state_province_id]'] = 1006;
    //$defaults = array( 'address[1][state_province_id]' => 1006 );
   
    $form->setDefaults( $defaults );
    //print_r($form);
  }
}