i did figure out a work around for my problem. i wanted to send an email and send the url to the SP library but i didn't want any of the form data to be included in the email.
on the submit button i have 2 rules. 1 submits the form to SP and leaves the form open. 2 changes the view.
in the new view i have a text box that displays the email address and a bit of text and the url to the SP library and a button labeled "Send Email"
i have a rule on the "send email" button to send the form (current view) to the email address then close the form.
the results are the forms gets submitted to SP and switches the view and the email gets sent and it includes the text and url.
and extra click of the button for the users but it works.
by having the view changed then prompting the users to send the email. making 2 completely different steps was the only way i could get the text and url to be sent in the email. otherwise the email would get sent so fast that it didn't have a chance to get an image of the curent view.