How to make a c# uwp app autosave a file or a list of files

Question

Hi,

I am working a small project of editing text files in C# UWP, but I want my app can autosave the unsaved files over a period, for example 10s. How do I do that?

Answer 1

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I want my app can autosave the unsaved files over a period, for example 10s. How do I do that?

You could use aDispatcherTimer Class to achieve this.

Using DispatcherTimer Class;

 DispatcherTimer dispatcherTimer;  
  
        private void MainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)  
        {  
            DispatcherTimerSetup();  
        }  
  
        public void DispatcherTimerSetup()  
        {  
            dispatcherTimer = new DispatcherTimer();  
            dispatcherTimer.Tick += DispatcherTimer_Tick;  
            dispatcherTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10);  
            dispatcherTimer.Start();  
        }  
  
        private void DispatcherTimer_Tick(object sender, object e)  
        {  
            //save the text  
            var text = MyTextBox.Text;  
        }  

Thank you.

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