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    JTextField customerCodeField = new JTextField();
    JTextField nameField = new JTextField();
    JTextArea addressField = new JTextArea(3, 20);
    ...

    LabelledItemPanel panel = new LabelledItemPanel()

    panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());

    panel.addItem("Customer Code", customerCodeField);
    panel.addItem("Name", nameField);
    panel.addItem("Address", new JScrollPane(addressField,
        JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
        JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER));
    ...

    // Display the panel to the User in a dialog

    String customerCode = customerCodeField.getText();
    String name = nameField.getText();
    String address = addressField.getText();
    ...

    // Process the data

  this.add(myCustomerCodeLabel,
    new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0,
      GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST, GridBagConstraints.NONE,
      new Insets(10, 10, 0, 0), 0, 0));
  this.add(myCustomerCodeField,
     new GridBagConstraints(1, 0, 1, 1, 1.0, 0.0,
       GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
       new Insets(10, 10, 0, 10), 0, 0));
  this.add(myNameLabel, 
    new GridBagConstraints(0, 1, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0,
      GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST, GridBagConstraints.NONE,
      new Insets(10, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0));