A little help for a newbie?

Hi, I am currently a newby in developing apps, It got to my ears that a little TV channel has a competition on creating an app to view their webpage without using safari browser...I would like to get some help with that, if that is possible!Thanks!

or, just find the PhoneBook constructor, and newthat
sucker.That depends on what the constructor does (it
shouldn't do any more than initialize the instance)
and what instance methods there are. He wants on
program to cause another one to do what's currently
in that second one's main.
I agree that in general it's probably a better idea
to creat a phone book and ask it to do things, but
just constructing one won't necessarily work for the
OP with his current code.Hmmm. I have to think about this a little. It seems to me that it depends on how much application logic resides in the main class, and how the OP wants to interface. If all he can do is call main, then he has little programmatic control, since the interface is defined by the public methods. Unless all he wants to do is start it up, and then interface by way of the GUI.

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    The description seems somewhat unclear in parts.
    'I create a fill layer of a shade of the middle tone of the sikin colour reduce the opacity, then add a texture mask to bring back a bit more of the features and paint it on the areas ..
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    Original Message Follows:
    Subject: CLI - Technical Support Request
    Self Description: ID(3) Advanced PC UserSupport Inquiry: ID() I am installing or using the product for the first timeProduct: Audigy 2 ZSOperating System: Windows 2000Creative Model Number: SB0240Computer Brand/Model: Home builtProcessor/CPU: P4 3.0ghzMemory: .024gigBIOS Type/Revision: Award Bios SPE000 Pro-G.ESystem Board/Chipset: GA-8IPE000/Intel 865PE Host/AGP/Controler ICH5 IO
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    Cat

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    udp6       0      0  ::1.123                *.*                   
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    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    icm4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    icm6       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
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    from today
    netstat
    Active Internet connections
    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
    tcp4       0   2119  XXXXXXXXX.2.54746      lax02s01-in-f21..https ESTABLISHED
    tcp4       0    762  XXXXXXXXX.2.54745      v-d-1b.sjc.dropb.https ESTABLISHED
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54741      sjc-not1.sjc.dro.http  ESTABLISHED
    tcp4      37      0  XXXXXXXXX.6.54707      ec2-107-20-249-2.https CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4      37      0  XXXXXXXXX.6.54706      ec2-107-20-249-1.https CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4      37      0  XXXXXXXXX.6.54705      v-client-1a.sjc..https CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4      37      0  XXXXXXXXX.6.54702      199.47.217.178.https   CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4      37      0  10.0.1.6.54521         v-client-2a.sjc..https CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  localhost.26165        localhost.50379        ESTABLISHED
    tcp4       0      0  localhost.50379        localhost.26165        ESTABLISHED
    tcp4      37      0  10.0.1.6.49394         ec2-107-20-249-1.https CLOSE_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54743      69.58.188.38.https     TIME_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54725      lax04s08-in-f19..https TIME_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54744      r-199-59-148-10..http  TIME_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54742      69.58.188.38.https     TIME_WAIT
    tcp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.54724      lax04s08-in-f19..https TIME_WAIT
    udp4       0      0  XXXXXXXXX.2.ntp        *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.53780                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.53780                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.62813                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.62813                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.63440                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.63440                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.56188                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.56188                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.55626                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.55626                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.56269                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.56269                *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  sp.ntp                 *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.17500                *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  localhost.ntp          *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  localhost.ntp          *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  localhost.ntp          *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.ntp                  *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.ntp                  *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    udp6       0      0  *.mdns                 *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.mdns                 *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    udp4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    icm4       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    icm6       0      0  *.*                    *.*                   
    Active LOCAL (UNIX) domain sockets
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    ffffff80119baa80 stream      0      0                0 ffffff80119bc700                0                0
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    ffffff80119bcf40 stream      0      0                0 ffffff80119bce80                0                0 /.dbfseventsd
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    ffffff800c368840 stream      0      0                0 ffffff800d9c6940                0                0 /var/run/mDNSResponder
    ffffff800d9c6940 stream      0      0                0 ffffff800c368840                0                0
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                             System.out.println(" Year  Month\t   Payment\tPayment \tPayment \tRemaining");
                             System.out.println("-------------------------------------------------------------------------");
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                                       balance = balance - pPay;
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                                            System.in.read();
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                                            System.in.read();
                                            System.in.read();
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                                  }//end do
                             while(year < (yTerm+1));
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    When you choose Java to solve the problems, you need to adapt to the power/strategies/methodology that java offers you, and thats the way for solving problems in Java.
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                           for (rPay = 1; rPay <=3; rPay++)
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                                     mTerm[rOller] = mTerm[rOller1++];
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    Step 2: Execute the new code and
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    Cheers
    $

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