Automatically Check a Checkbox

I have an tinyint(1) field in most of my tables named active default
value is set to null. By default I want the value of this field to be
1. However, I cannot get the automagic checkbox to be checked in the
form. I cannot get the value to prime to 1. Seems simple enough but i
am still stuck.

I have tried setting the default value in the add.ctp.

echo $form->input('active', array( 'default' => '1'));
echo $form->input('active', array( 'default' => 1));
echo $form->input('active', array( 'default' => true));
echo $form->input('active', array( 'default' => 'true'));

None of these worked. Was not sure of the syntax so I tried everything
but the sink.

I tried adding a line to the file_controller.php in the add function.

$this->data['file']['active'] = 1;

I could not get it to work this way either. Not sure exactly where in
the add function the form is actually called or if I am in the right
direction. So I tried it in several places.

I have also tried changing the default value in the mysql table. Still
not getting it.

I really think this should be simple but I am floundering. I know I am
making it too hard. Please point me in the right direction.

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