I did as Graham Lee suggested and it works fine, here’s the custom formatter code:
UPDATED: Added fix reported by Dave Gallagher. Thanks!
@interface CustomTextFieldFormatter : NSFormatter {
int maxLength;
}
- (void)setMaximumLength:(int)len;
- (int)maximumLength;
@end
@implementation CustomTextFieldFormatter
- (id)init {
if(self = [super init]){
maxLength = INT_MAX;
}
return self;
}
- (void)setMaximumLength:(int)len {
maxLength = len;
}
- (int)maximumLength {
return maxLength;
}
- (NSString *)stringForObjectValue:(id)object {
return (NSString *)object;
}
- (BOOL)getObjectValue:(id *)object forString:(NSString *)string errorDescription:(NSString **)error {
*object = string;
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)isPartialStringValid:(NSString **)partialStringPtr
proposedSelectedRange:(NSRangePointer)proposedSelRangePtr
originalString:(NSString *)origString
originalSelectedRange:(NSRange)origSelRange
errorDescription:(NSString **)error {
if ([*partialStringPtr length] > maxLength) {
return NO;
}
if (![*partialStringPtr isEqual:[*partialStringPtr uppercaseString]]) {
*partialStringPtr = [*partialStringPtr uppercaseString];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
- (NSAttributedString *)attributedStringForObjectValue:(id)anObject withDefaultAttributes:(NSDictionary *)attributes {
return nil;
}
@end