InstantView® converts a string into an internal format according to the following rules: 

string identically adopted
multiple string the string that belongs to the current language is updated i
integer convert to integer
enumeration convert to integer via table
object import with function ViewImport
object pointer de-referenced and then imported with ViewImport

There are special window objects  (Date, Time, Unit, ...) for some base model objects (CX_DATE, CX_TIME, CX_UNIT, ...)  with a large number of input conversions (controlled via flags).