Index: trunk/kernel/parser.php
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diff -u -r1278 -r1279
--- trunk/kernel/parser.php	(.../parser.php)	(revision 1278)
+++ trunk/kernel/parser.php	(.../parser.php)	(revision 1279)
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@
   @attrib: _Field:: Field Name
   @attrib: _Value:: Value assigned to radio button.  If the form field value matches this attribute, the radio button is CHECKED
   @attrib: _Required:bool: If set, In-Portal requires this field have a value when submitting
+  @attrib: _Default:string: Default value for radiobutton if not checked
   @attrib: _Custom:bool: If set, handled as a custom field
   @example: <inp:m_form_checkbox _field="owner_notify" _Form="edit_topic" />
 */
@@ -447,21 +448,22 @@
     global $FormValues, $objConfig;
 
     $html_attribs = ExtraAttributes($attribs);
-    $form = $attribs["_form"];
-    $field = strtolower($attribs["_field"]);
-    $val = $attribs["_value"];
-    if(isset($_POST[$field]))
+    $form = $attribs['_form'];
+    $field = strtolower($attribs['_field']);
+    $val = $attribs['_value'];
+    
+    if( GetVar($field) !== false )
     {
-      $value = (int)$_POST[$field];
-      if($value==1)
-          $checked = " CHECKED";
+    	$value = GetVar($field);
+    	if($value == $val) $checked = ' CHECKED';
     }
     else
-    {    
-        $value = (int)$FormValues[$form][$field];
-        if($value==$val)
-            $checked=" CHECKED";
+    {
+    	$value = $FormValues[$form][$field];
+    	if( getArrayValue($attribs,'_default') ) $value = $val;
+    	if($value==$val) $checked=' CHECKED';
     }
+    
      //echo $form.".".$field."=".$value."<br>\n";
        $ret = "<INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" $html_attribs name=\"$field\" VALUE=\"$val\" $checked />";
     if($attribs["_required"])