Re: Programmatically saving myself
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- Subject: [mg107933] Re: Programmatically saving myself
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:51:18 -0500 (EST)
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Joe Hays wrote: > Hello all, > > How can I get a notebook to programmatically save itself at controlled > locations? I don't want to use the NotebookAutoSave property because that > saves the notebook everytime a cell produces an output. I want more control > over when the notebook save itself. > > Ideas? > > Assuming your notebook is selected while it is executing (the usual case): NotebookSave[SelectedNotebook[]] However, I would be a bit cautious about doing this unless your notebook just invokes code from elsewhere. If I had a notebook containing a substantial amount of code, I'd want to be in charge when I saved it. Murphy's law says that if you automate the process, something will go wrong! David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk