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The messages properties file

Each component must have a messages.properties file, which defines the labels that will be displayed in the Component properties panel for all the variables that can be used.

The messages properties file tFileInputDelimited_messages.properties for tFileInputDelimitedlooks like this:

#Created by JInto - www.guh-software.de
#Mon Aug 24 17:23:58 CST 2009
ADVANCED_SEPARATOR.NAME=Advanced separator(for number)
CHECK_FIELDS_NUM.NAME=Check each row structure against schema
CHECK_DATE.NAME=Check date
CSV_OPTION.NAME=CSV options
DECIMAL_SEPARATOR.NAME=Decimal separator
DIE_ON_ERROR.NAME=Die on error
ENCODING.NAME=Encoding
ESCAPE_CHAR.NAME=Escape char
FIELDSEPARATOR.NAME=Field Separator
FILENAME.NAME=File Name/Input Stream
FOOTER.NAME=Footer
HEADER.NAME=Header
#HELP=org.talend.help.tFileInputDelimited
LIMIT.NAME=Limit
LONG_NAME=Reads a file row by row with simple separated fields
NB_LINE.NAME=Number of lines
NB_RANDOM.NAME=Number of lines
RANDOM.NAME=Extract lines at random
REJECT.LINK=Reject
REJECT.MENU=Reject

The messages.properties file also contains a short description for the component such as:

LONG_NAME=Reads a file row by row with simple separated fields

This label shows as a tooltip of the component in the Palette, when you mouse over a component in the Palette.

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