Desktop application-components

Dear all,
How can I create a desktop icon upon whose double click, a login screen like gtalk appears.
I want this login screen to communicate with Tomcat server. So which would be the best Java component that I should adopt. Kindly help.
If there is any working demo/ sample code of the same, please provide the link also,if possible.
Thanks in advance for all the valuble suggestions and help.
Regards,
Anees

Are giving away dukes on vague answers? If so, use swing:
use a JFrame (see GridLayout or GridBagLayout for component disposition),
some (I guess two) JLabels, one JTextField for username and one JPasswordField for password,
one JButton for the actual action.
Use HttpURLConnection to communicate with Tomcat
Create the icon as a .bat or .sh if it is for your PC only, or do a Java Web Start application if you have to distribute it.
I do not think you will get better hints, but you can try giving me dukes, 2 can suffice, and see if anyone follows for the other 8.
Bye.
P.S.: why don't you use an HTML page?

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