Properties files that are localized for translation purposes must be named according to certain rules. A suffix is added that identifies the language and country codes of the properties file. For example, the properties file for the French language in Canada would be called: ViewResources_fr_CA.properties.

Properties files can inherit from each other. To support a French language application for both Canada and France, you could use a generic French language properties file, ViewResources_fr.properties. The country specific files ViewResources_fr_CA.properties and ViewResources_fr_FR.properties would contain only items that are different; for example, currency symbols.

The Component Enabler properties files are stored in the same directory within the .jar files as their base Java classes.