[chingjyh]

Hi,

I am using JSTL format tag library in my coding project. I have created a file “messages_en.properties” in WEB-INF/classes folder for this purpose. For some reason, the file keeps getting removed by Eclipse automatically whenever I make a change to any file in the project (Eclipse deploys the changed file to Tomcat 5.59 at this time.).

Below is the setup I have for the property file in the web.xml

<context-param>
<param-name>
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.locale
</param-name>
<param-value>
en-US
</param-value>
</context-param>

<context-param>
<param-name>
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.localizationContext
</param-name>
<param-value>
messages
</param-value>
</context-param>

Any help is appreciated.

[Scott Anderson]

I am using JSTL format tag library in my coding project. I have created a file “messages_en.properties” in WEB-INF/classes folder for this purpose.

The problem is that the Eclipse Java builder will delete everything in the classes folder whenever it does a full build. However, non-Java files in the source tree are simply copied to the classes folder. So, to get your properties file to function properly, simply place it in the correct location in the source folder and let the builder move it for you as needed. That also makes it much easier to check it into CVS, etc.

[chingjyh]

This is a web project based on MyEclipse. I can’t find any setting you described for Web project. I see a src folder (default value for source folder.), but it looks like an ordinary folder. Should I create WEB-INF/classess folder in the src and place the messages_en.properties file there?

I am new to the Eclipse world. If you can provide me detailed instructions, I will appreciate it.

Thanks,

[chingjyh]

Ok, I got it to work. Just put the file in the src folder.

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