Change text in a OnChange event without stack overflow

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If you change a TEdit text in its OnChange event, e.g. to do some adjustments, it will fire the event recursively until stack exhausts.
You can temporarily disable the event handler just by setting the internal method pointer to nil. Don't forget to set it back to the right procedure - this sample shows how to do it:

	procedure Form1.Edit1Change(Sender : TObject); begin { temporarily disable the event handler } Edit1.OnChange := NIL; if Edit1.Text = 'Some Text' then Edit1.Text := 'New Text'; { enable the event handler again } Edit1.OnChange := Edit1Change; end;

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