System tab

The System tab of the Component Palette contains non-visual operatingsystem-related components like timers.

Icon	Component	Description	Online Docs
	TTimer	Component allowing processing code at regular intervals	| Link
	TIdleTimer	Similar to TTimer, but can be made active only when application is idle.	| Link
	TLazComponentQueue	Queue for streaming of components, used for multithreading or networking.	| Link
	THTMLHelpDatabase	Allows access to html help pages	| Link
	THTMLBrowserHelpViewer	Starts the web browser to view the html help pages managed by THTMLHelpDatabase.	| Link
	TAsyncProcess	Similar to TProcessUTF8, but can handle asynchronous processes	| Link
	TSimpleIPCClient	Client for a simple one-way "Inter-Process Communication" (IPC) between two processes on the same machine.	| Link
	TSimpleIPCServer	Server for IPC communication between two processes on the same machine. Needs TSimpleIPCClient.	| Link
	TXMLConfig	enables applications to stores configuration data in XML files	| Link
	TEventLog	cross-platform event logging system which can write to the system log or to a file	| Link
	TServiceManager	assists in platform-independent managing of services	| Link
	TProcess	starts an external process	| Link
	TProcessUTF8	like TProcess, but supports UTF8 strings.	| Link
	TCHMHelpDatabase	Allows access to a chm help file	| Link
	TLHelpConnector	Cooperates with TCHMHelpDatabase to display chm help files using the program lhelp	| Link

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