ASP.NET MVC - Execute controller action without redirecting

Question

I am trying to execute an action on a controller without redirecting to the associated view for that action. For a good example of what I am trying to achieve take a look at

Answer 1

• using System.Web.Mvc;

• using System.Web.Mvc.Html;

  public ActionResult Index()
  {
      HtmlHelper helper = new HtmlHelper(new ViewContext(ControllerContext, new WebFormView(ControllerContext, "Index"), new ViewDataDictionary(), new TempDataDictionary(), new System.IO.StringWriter()), new ViewPage());
      helper.RenderAction("Index2");
  
      return View();
  }
  
  public ActionResult Index2(/*your arg*/)
  {
      //your code
      return new EmptyResult();
  }