Run Coldbox events outside of a Coldbox request

legacy_template.cfm

<cfoutput>#application.cbController.runEvent(event="MyHandler.myEvent",eventArguments={widget=true})#</cfoutput>

MyHandler.cfc

component extends="coldbox.system.EventHandler" {
	
	function myEvent(event,rc,prc,widget=false) {
		prc.message = "Test from Coldbox event";
		
		if (arguments.widget) {
			return renderView("main/myView");
		}
		
		event.setView("main/myView");
	}

}

myView.cfm

<cfoutput>#prc.message#</cfoutput>