Save embedded data before the page break?

Hello,

I'm appending characters to a string embedded data element with .setEmbeddedData. The data element is updated many times before the Next button is clicked, and the repeated updates must, by necessity, remain on the same page.

If I examine the element with .getEmbeddedData, the embedded data element appears to change each time it's incremented. But if the respondent does "save and continue" (or loses connectivity) before the next button is clicked, the incremented embedded data element seems to be lost.

Is there a way to force embedded data to be saved WITHIN a page, as it would be after a page break or Next click?

Thanks all!

-Ted