Execute a program from within another program

[gabrielle_l]

I am using eclipse and have two programs. Program 1 is a simple GUI with some buttons. One of these buttons should start up program 2 when clicked.

How do I execute program 2 from within program 1?

[bobdark]

Introduction to Event Listeners (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)

[bobdark]

Introduction to Event Listeners (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)

This at least should give you a general idea
P.S. sorry for double post

[gabrielle_l]

Thanks, I know i need to apply an action listener but im concerned about how to execute the program from this program, since they are in different projects?

[bobdark]

I did some search and I believe this is what you need.
Runtime (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0)
More precisely, the exec method.
Just be sure to do some searching and reading on your own on the matter since from what I saw, using it is not trivial.