Call ActionItem by C/AL

Business Central/NAV Developers Forum
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On my Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC Page I have an Action (ActionItem) with properties:

RunObect: Page Extend Text
RunFormView: SORTING(Table Name,No.,Language Code,All Language Codes,Starting Date,Ending Date)
RunFormLink: Table Name=CONST(Item),No.=FIELD(No.)
RunFormOnRec: No

When you press the action (or use the shortcut ctrk+t) the action opens the page “Extended Text” with a filter on the current “No.”.
That’s fine, now I want to execute this action by C/AL code (on a OnAssitEdit or OnLookup trigger)

The reason:

The Extended Text Lines get concated into a 1024 Text variable on shown on a uneditable multiline page. But Multiline Text-Boxes allow only 3 Lines on RTC Pages, this is sometimes not enough, so I want to display a OnAssistEdit button beside the field that does the same as to select the action

Side Notes:

No, promoting the action is not the same
No, tell user to use short cut will not work either

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The only reasonable way to it is to move this action from action item properties to a global C/AL function and call it whenever you need to use the action. Direct invocation of UI elements from your business logic is an antipattern in any development environment.