<xp:eventHandler event="autoSaveEvent" id="autoSaveDoc" submit="false">
   <xp:this.action>
      <xp:saveDocument />
   </xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>

The event handler can now be called from CSJS with this code:

executeOnServer('autoSaveDoc',null,{ 'valmode': 0 })

executeOnServer('autoSaveDoc',null,{ 'valmode': 0 })

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xp:view

xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core">

<xp:this.resources>

<xp:dojoModule

name="dojox.timing"></xp:dojoModule>

</xp:this.resources>

<xp:this.data>

<xp:dominoDocument

var="document1"

formName="StoredFormData">

</xp:dominoDocument>

</xp:this.data>

         <xp:eventHandler event="onfubar" id="autoSaveDoc" submit="false">

             <xp:this.action>

                 <xp:saveDocument></xp:saveDocument>

             </xp:this.action>

         </xp:eventHandler>

         <xp:eventHandler

         event="onClientLoad"

         submit="false">

         <xp:this.script><![CDATA[var executeOnServer = function () {

    // must supply event handler id or we're outta here....

    if (!arguments[0])

        return false;

    // the ID of the event handler we want to execute

    var functionName = arguments[0];

    // OPTIONAL - The Client Side ID that you want to partial refresh after executing the event handler

    var refreshId = (arguments[1]) ? arguments[1] : "@none";

    var form = (arguments[1]) ? XSP.findForm(arguments[1]) : dojo.query('form')[0];

    // OPTIONAL - Options object contianing onStart, onComplete and onError functions for the call to the 

    // handler and subsequent partial refresh

    var options = (arguments[2]) ? arguments[2] : {};

    // Set the ID in $$xspsubmitid of the event handler to execute

    dojo.query('[name="$$xspsubmitid"]')[0].value = form.id + ':' + functionName;

    XSP._partialRefresh("post", form, refreshId, options);

}

var x = 0;

var form = document.forms[0];

t = new dojox.timing.Timer(3600);

t.onTick = function() {

 x+=1;

 console.info(x);

 if(x > 10){

 x = 0;

 console.info(x);

 console.info("reset");

 executeOnServer('autoSaveDoc');

 }

}

t.onStart = function() {

 console.info("Starting timer");

}

t.start();]]></xp:this.script>

         </xp:eventHandler>

<xp:panel id="dataFields"><xp:table>

<xp:tr>

<xp:td>

<xp:label value="First name:" id="firstName_Label1" for="firstName1">

</xp:label>

</xp:td>

<xp:td>

<xp:inputText value="#{document1.FirstName}" id="firstName1" defaultValue="Bob">

</xp:inputText>

</xp:td>

</xp:tr>

<xp:tr>

<xp:td>

<xp:label value="Last name:" id="lastName_Label1" for="lastName1">

</xp:label>

</xp:td>

<xp:td>

<xp:inputText value="#{document1.LastName}" id="lastName1" defaultValue="Maher">

</xp:inputText>

</xp:td>

</xp:tr>

<xp:tr>

<xp:td></xp:td>

<xp:td>

<xp:button value="Submit" id="button1">

<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete" immediate="false" save="true" id="eventHandler1">

</xp:eventHandler>

</xp:button>

</xp:td>

</xp:tr>