Quick (and obvious) answer, yes. You can either make use of pre-made classes to accomplish this or create your own system for doing so (which you would need to be a bit knowledgeable in programming to pull off). I am sure any pre-made system would allow a way to get the text from the box and you would include a way if you made your own. If the entering of the keyword is the only thing allowed at that time, then you might consider using 'swing' components. Check out the page in the java tutorials on creating dialogs.