Forms Approval Builder Field Default Via Event Framework Not Saved to Database

Hi folks.

I have been trying to use the Event Framework to default field values configured within the Forms Approval Builder.

I see the value displayed on the page but when I save the Form, the value does not get updated to the database unless I type a value into the field via the portal.

I imagine this may be due to the fact that the underlying tables are derived as they are dynamically built pages based on what type of form you have configured.

Has anybody found a way around this?

Here is a code snippet that I'm using to loop through the form buffer and make updates so you can see how I am performing these updates.