Hi,

I have been working on the above problem.  I have tried to insert a
JLabel and a JtextField by following examples on the net and in books
but to no such luck.  I have inserted the correct code(i think) to
include these components however, my code is running with no errors nor
does it display the components.  If anyone has any suggestions on where
I'm going wrong I would be glad to hear them.

Ian

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class PayrollSystem implements ItemListener {

   JPanel cards, JTextField, textField1, JLabel, label1;
   final static String HOURLYPANEL = "Hourly";
   final static String COMMISSIONPANEL = "Commission";
   final static String BASEPLUSPANEL = "BasePlusCommission";
   final static String SALARYPANEL = "Salary";

   public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) {
       //Put the JComboBox in a JPanel to get a nicer look.
       JPanel comboBoxPane = new JPanel(); //use FlowLayout
       JPanel textFieldPane = new JPanel();
       JPanel labelPane = new JPanel();

       // JLabel and JTextField
       JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
       labelPane.add(label1);
       label1.setText("Enter name");

       JTextField textField1 = new JTextField();
       textFieldPane.add(textField1);

       String comboBoxItems[] = { HOURLYPANEL, COMMISSIONPANEL,
BASEPLUSPANEL, SALARYPANEL };
       JComboBox cb = new JComboBox(comboBoxItems);
       cb.setEditable(false);
       cb.addItemListener(this);
       comboBoxPane.add(cb);

       //Create the "cards".
       JPanel card1 = new JPanel();
       card1.add(new JLabel("Hours worked"));
       card1.add(new JTextField(6));
       card1.add(new JLabel("Rate of Pay"));
       card1.add(new JTextField(8));
       card1.add(new JButton("Submit"));

       JPanel card2 = new JPanel();
       card2.add(new JLabel("Total Sales"));
       card2.add(new JTextField(8));
       card2.add(new JLabel("Commission Rate"));
       card2.add(new JTextField(8));
       card2.add(new JButton("Submit"));

       JPanel card3 = new JPanel();
       card3.add(new JLabel("Basic Pay"));
       card3.add(new JTextField(8));
       card3.add(new JLabel("Total Sales"));
       card3.add(new JTextField(8));
       card3.add(new JLabel("Commision Rate"));
       card3.add(new JTextField(8));
       card3.add(new JButton("Submit"));

       JPanel card4 = new JPanel();
       card4.add(new JLabel("Salary"));
       card4.add(new JTextField(10));
       card4.add(new JButton("Submit"));

       //Create the panel that contains the "cards".
        cards= new JPanel(new CardLayout());
       cards.add(card1, HOURLYPANEL);
       cards.add(card2, COMMISSIONPANEL);
       cards.add(card3, BASEPLUSPANEL);
       cards.add(card4, SALARYPANEL);

       pane.add(comboBoxPane, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
       pane.add(cards, BorderLayout.CENTER);

       pane.add(comboBoxPane, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
       pane.add(cards, BorderLayout.CENTER);
   }

   public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
       CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
       cl.show(cards, (String)evt.getItem());
   }

   /**
    * GUI created
    *
    */
   private static void createAndShowGUI() {
       //Make sure we have nice window decorations.
       JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);

       //Create and set up the window.
       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Payroll Interface System");
       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

       //Create and set up the content pane.
       PayrollSystem demo = new PayrollSystem();
       demo.addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());

       //Display the window.
       frame.pack();
       frame.setVisible(true);
   }

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
       //creating and showing this application's GUI.
       javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
           public void run() {
               createAndShowGUI();
           }
       });
   }
}