Let me see if I can reproduce this. If you created a new component - ie -- MyCarousel,  and then added the HTML from the Core Carousel - it should work.

I am not sure what you mean by closing a page. TO me that sound like you want to close the browser that is displaying the page.Can you please provide more detail.

As you are a new AEM Developer (I assume you are a developer) - you should go here and complete this:Getting Started with AEM Sites - WKND TutorialThis will get you up and running in AEM.

So let me see if I got this. You are trying to extend the Core Carousel component. You created a proxy component under APPS. You then copied the HTML from the Carousel component and placed it under your App proxy component and it stopped working?

See this article - where we used @Reference in a SLing Servlet: Adobe Experience Manager Help | Querying Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 JCR data using the QueryBuilder API

Excellent answer

Do you mean when you have this line of code: @Reference  MySimpleService mySimpleService;Its not working?

Please consult with this document for information about this use case - including troubleshooting. Integrating with Dynamic Media Classic (Scene7)

A PathField or PathBrowser lets you search the JCR - not write external URLS. Where do you want the URL to show up - in an AEM web page?

Very nice community response!