#692 perform an action in time intervals

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I want to code time-interval auto-save script, that doesnt save under the current file name, but with a _bak suffix. This was requested in #610 and #611.

I tried to follow the suggestion in #610, but the QTimer() in:

var timer = new QTimer();

is unknown, and the script doesnt run.

I've also tried to use

setInterval(foo(),timeout)

the script runs, but the timeout is ignored, and foo() is run immediately.

so my question is - how can i do a time-intervaled auto-call of my save function?

thanks.

[Benito van der Zander]

You can use setTimeout

And you need to call registerAsBackgroundScript so the script continues running

[igshum]

thanks. the setTimeout and registerAsBackgroundScript worked well.
i posted the working script here Periodic auto-save all documents under a new name

[Tim Hoffmann]

Thanks. Well done!