Some ideas, I don't know if it works: in your validation method, change NSArray *allSpecies = [self.managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest error:nil]; NSArray *allCatalogIDs = [allSpecies valueForKeyPath:@"catalogID"]; if ([allCatalogIDs containsObject:*ioValue]) { to something like [allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"catalogID == %@", *ioValue]]; NSArray *species = [self.managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest error:nil]; if ([species count] > 1 || [species count] == 1 && [species objectAtIndex:0] != self) {
NSTextField can have a delegate which can implement - (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control isValidObject:(id)object Willeke _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com