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# switchview.cif
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# 
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# Copyright (c) 2010 Accenture. All rights reserved.
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# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
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# under the terms of the "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
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# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
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# 
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# Initial Contributors:
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# Accenture - Initial contribution
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#
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==name switchview
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==short-description
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Perform a user interface level view switch.
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==long-description
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On modern platforms (i.e. more recent than 9.1) does not return until the view switch has completed. On 9.1 and earlier, returns B<before> the view switch has completed, which may cause problems in scripts.
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Note, application and view identifiers can be found using the L<activeview|activeview> command.
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==see-also
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L<activeview|activeview>
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==argument uint app_id
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The identifier of the application that owns the view to be switched to.
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==argument uint view_id
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The identifier of the view to be switched to.
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==argument uint custom_message_id optional
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A custom message ID to pass to the activating view.
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==argument string custom_message optional
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A custom message to pass to the activating view, using the given custom message ID. To send binary data use the fshell escape sequences ^x or ^u.
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==copyright
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Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Accenture. All rights reserved.
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