procedure ReplaceText(Edit: TCustomEdit; strOLD, strNEW: string);
var
x, Position: integer;
tmpstr, tmpstr2: string;
begin
tmpstr := Edit.Text;
for x := 0 to Length(Edit.Text) do
begin
if Copy(Edit.Text, x, Length(strold)) = strold then
begin
tmpstr := Copy(Edit.Text, 0, x - 1) + strnew;
Position := x;
end;
end;
tmpstr2 := Edit.Text;
if Position <> 0 then
Edit.Text := tmpstr + Copy(tmpstr2, Position + Length(strOLD), Length(tmpstr2))
else
Edit.Text := tmpstr;
end;
// Example/Beispiel:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ReplaceText(Edit1, 'OldWord', 'NewWord');
end;
// With the StringReplace function:
procedure ReplaceText(Edit: TCustomEdit; strOLD, strNEW: string);
begin
Edit.Text := StringReplace(Edit1.Text, strOLD, strNEW, [rfReplaceAll]);
end;