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From version 16.1
edited by David Avendasora
on 2008/04/18 11:16
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on 2009/06/25 09:49
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1 -=== User-Specific Properties Files ===
1 +=== Properties Files ===
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3 +==== User-Specific Properties Files ====
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3 3  You can have any number of **Properties.username** files in your project's Resources directory in-addition-to the default **Properties** file. These Properties.username files will automatically load based on which user is launching the application. This allows you to have custom logging, email, database, etc configuration settings for each developer.
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5 5  This capability can also be (ab)used in combinination with the Launch parameter **-Duser.name** to specify Production vs Staging/Development properties. For example: a launch parameter of **-Duser.name=deployment** will cause **Properties.deployment** to be read when the application in launched.
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7 7  This can be very useful for automatically changing database connection configurations based on whether or not an application is being run in Production or Development.
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11 +==== Development Only Properties File ====
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13 +You can set properties that will only be active if the project is run in Development mode by creating a **Properties.dev** file. It will be loaded for all users.