how to use Multiple GUI pages

I have a noob question here.

Im creating a program to keep track of my dvd collection. When it starts up it has a page with two Jbuttons. One listed to create a new record and one to view the titles currently owned. My question is how do i link this gui's page with an action so that when i click on the "New Movie" button for example it brings up the gui i created that allows me to enter in the information for the movie.

I used javafx to create the guis and they are each currently in their own separate JFrame form. Some guidance here would be great. Thanks

You can do it by creating a new JForm and initialising it inside the button method(this creates a new window). Let me explain.
You have created two buttons for example "jButton1" and "jButton2", and they are inside the window "WindowA"
You have ActionEvent, if jButton1 is clicked (action performed) something happens. The thing that has to happen is that inside the method of the action performed of the button you create a new instance of new JFrame("WindowB").
Ex. code:

WindowA (with buttons)

Code:

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public class WindowA extends javax.swing.JFrame {
   
public WindowA(){
    initComponents();
    }

private void jButton1ActionPerformed (java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt){
    new WindowB().setVisible(true);

.....
.....

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WindowB (that you want to show by clicking the button)

Code:

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public class WindowB extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    public WindowB{
        initComponents();
    }

etc etc

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Hope it helps :) This is code that is without all initialisations because i wrote it from the NetBeans JFrame designer but the main thing i wanted to tell you is there :)

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You can do it by creating a new JForm and initialising it inside the button method(this creates a new window).

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1. There's no such class as JFrom.
2. Using more than one JFrame in an application is usually a bad idea.

db

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how do i link this gui's page with an action so that when i click on the "New Movie" button for example it brings up the gui i created

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One of two may suit:
a) Use a JOptionPane / modal JDialog
OR
b) Set a CardLayout and swap the cards.

db