Auto save file in running GUI

Hi,

I have a GUI that runs more then 5-6 hours

There's a command for this script to be executed every 'x' minutes ? I want to save file every 30 min for example. Actually that script is from a push button

tableData = get(handles.uitable1, 'data');

tableData = cell2table(tableData);

filename = sprintf('%s.csv', datestr(now, 'dd.mm.yyyy.HHMM'));

writetable(tableData,filename);

Answer 1

[Voss]

Maybe you can use a timer for this. (https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/timer.html)

You could create the timer in the OpeningFcn:

handles.save_timer = timer( ...
    'ExecutionMode','fixedRate', ...
    'Period',1800, ... % 30 min = 1800 s
    'TimerFcn',{@cb_save_table,handles.figure1}); % <- pass the figure to the TimerFcn

Start the timer when the process that takes > 5-6 hours starts (that might be when the GUI starts (OpeningFcn) or it might be in a Callback in the GUI):

start(handles.save_timer);

And define the TimerFcn of the timer to be the callback you posted, which saves the table data to file:

function cb_save_table(src,evt,fig)
handles = guidata(fig);
writetable( ...
    cell2table(get(handles.uitable1, 'data')), ...
    sprintf('%s.csv', datestr(now, 'dd.mm.yyyy.HHMM')));
end

[Cristian Martin]

Thank you for the answer!

[Voss]

You're welcome!