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View Full Version : Modeling - Background Autosave.


gmatelich
05-17-2003, 03:04 PM
I'm undecided about the usefulness of the current autosave function. My packages are usually around 20MB, so it's not an insignificant amount of time to save (at least not when I'm trying to do something and OSD wants to save).

It usually tries to save either when I'm on a roll and making good progress, or when I come back after an absence (it only checks elapsed time when you interact with it), or someone is on the phone or at my desk and I need to show them something.

I've tried using the Confirm option, but I generally check no when the dialog pops up for all the above reasons.

It would be nice if there was a way to have the save happen in the background so, at the worst, the system would be slow rather than completely locked out. Perhaps it can work with a snapshot of the model in memory so there aren't any issues with making changes to the model while trying to save.