# How to use runClientActions() events?

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**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683 "2024-02-14T14:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/md_sabbir_ahamed/32/54273_2.png) [@Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Md_Sabbir_Ahamed)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/1 "2024-02-14T14:08:01Z")

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Can someone explain the purpose of this function and provide an example of how to use it?

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I am familiar with using the fireComponentEvent method, but I am unsure about how to use the runClientActions() method.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/2 "2024-02-14T14:59:08Z")

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~~It's the inverse of fireComponentEvents.  
If you have business logic or a custom script method or something _on the backend_, you can fire a message over the bus and catch it on the _frontend_ in order to do something in your component.~~

This was wrong; there's other patterns to do this more directly.

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**Author:** ![Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/md_sabbir_ahamed/32/54273_2.png) [@Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Md_Sabbir_Ahamed)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/3 "2024-02-14T16:42:19Z")

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Now I know this is the inverse of fireComponentEvents. Can anyone give me an example with code?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/4 "2024-02-14T17:26:32Z")

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Actually... I don't think you ever really need to worry about or implement it yourself. I think it's more of an internal plumbing mechanism.

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**Author:** ![Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/md_sabbir_ahamed/32/54273_2.png) [@Md\_Sabbir\_Ahamed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Md_Sabbir_Ahamed)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/5 "2024-02-14T17:36:44Z")

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Thanks, Paul. At this moment, Just for learning purposes only. 😀 😀

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-runclientactions-events/85683/6 "2024-02-14T17:52:12Z")

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So, if you implement `ComponentStoreDelegate` you'll notice there's `fireEvent` and `handleEvent` methods; those are basically what I was thinking about when I mentioned the backend and frontend sending events to and fro.

The `runClientActions` hook appears to only be called if you have _actions_ (as in, these guys: [Component Events and Actions - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Component+Events+and+Actions#ComponentEventsandActions-ActionSettingReference)) that will be run on the "client" (the actual frontend browser session) but the gateway needs to invoke those, for whatever reason. As far as I can tell from the code, that's only potentially going to happen during component startup and shutdown?