Swift – Solving Fatal error: Unresolved error Foundation._GenericObjCError.nilError, [:]

You are likely to get this error on CoreData when trying to update the manageObjectContext in the init() of your struct. I was trying calling a function that saves the context upon navigating to a new view from the initializer. A better approach instead is when the view has been rendered use the .onAppear(perform:) modifier… Read More Swift – Solving Fatal error: Unresolved error Foundation._GenericObjCError.nilError, [:]

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

OmniScript Fundamentals

OmniScript allows a user to walk through a guided path for completing a business process where the underlying backend can be from retrieving or posting data to Salesforce or any third party systems. Some use cases: Multi-step signed up forms Self-service pages for customer to troubleshoot issues. Multi-step Insurance and product quoting Key Features OmniScript… Read More OmniScript Fundamentals

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Tips for the SwiftUI App Life Cycle

From Xcode 12 and higher when creating a new project either an App or Document App, the Life Cycle option now contains two options. SwiftUI App and UIKit App Delegate. So what is this new SwiftUI App Life Cycle? With a SwiftUI App it now conforms to a new App protocol, this protocol replaces the… Read More Tips for the SwiftUI App Life Cycle

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Adding Elements and Actions on FlexCard

After creating a FlexCard and hooking it up with a data source, now we can start building the UI components. The FlexCard designer has several elements and Actions. FlexCard Elements Action – you can add an action to FlexCard to do the following launch or update an OmniScript navigate to web page or application display… Read More Adding Elements and Actions on FlexCard

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Swift Basic Operators

On this lesson, we will break down operators. An operator is a special symbol or phrase that we can use to check, change or combine values. Terminology Operators are unary (single target), binary( two targets) or ternary(three targets). The values that operators affect are called operands. Assignment Operators We already used this when we were… Read More Swift Basic Operators

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How to Setup Apex Remote with OmniStudio FlexCards

Learn how to use Apex Remote from FlexCard and OmniScripts and what is required for the Apex class. Sample code for the Apex Remote class can be found on github here. To use Apex Remote, you need to define the class then you can select this as a Data Source type when creating a FlexCard… Read More How to Setup Apex Remote with OmniStudio FlexCards

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Swift Constants Basics

Last time we talked about variables. A place to store or assign data . Another way to assign or store data is using constants. Constants acts the same as variables with only key difference is that values can only be assigned once. It cannot be assigned another value again. Constant Declaration Using the the keyword… Read More Swift Constants Basics

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OmniStudio FlexCard Data Source Wizard

When you create a new FlexCard, it would launch a Wizard or an interactive guide (feels like the same thing that powers the OmniScript). New FlexCard On the first screen define the FlexCard Name, Theme (Lightning/NewPort), Title, Author(no space), Is Child FlexCard and Description. Select Data Source Type There are several options for data source… Read More OmniStudio FlexCard Data Source Wizard

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OmniStudio FlexCard Designer

The OmniStudio FlexCard Designer is a powerful WYISWYG tool to build your FlexCard. Broken down into sections we have: Header – get information about the card name, version, author, cloned from, a child FlexCard etc. Also toggle from design to preview, creating new version and activating the card. Canvas – this is where drag-and-drop elements… Read More OmniStudio FlexCard Designer

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OmniStudio FlexCard Capabilities

FlexCards are based of Lightning Web Components (LWC) that displays contextual information and provide related access to clickable tasks or actions. Important FlexCards key capabilities to know about FlexCards are viewable on any device or channel – aside from the console, it can be deployed to mobile and customer portal Can be beginning and endpoint… Read More OmniStudio FlexCard Capabilities