What do you mean by "keep the comments"? When creating a translated target file the comment lines are written to the translated file so I think they are kept / preserved.

On the other side the comment lines are not imported into the project for translators. The reason is just simple: Sun / Oracle never defined or documented that the comment above a key / value pair line in a Java properties file is associated with the text below. This is user defined syntax and a tacit assumption that is not always true and I have seen client files where the comment was below the key / value pair line.

In SDL Passolo, there are 3 possible solution approaches:

• When using the resource display in Passolo the original file with its comment will be displayed

• The Java parser defines its own user defined syntax for comments that allow to import comments and maximum string length. See online help for more details.

• In the past we already have implemented some automated macro based customizations that imports the comment lines above the key / value pair.

Thanks for you answer Achim. I can't believe I missed the fact the Java parser allows its own syntax. 

That's the best answer for me.

Thanks

Mark

Thanks for you answer Achim. I can't believe I missed the fact the Java parser allows its own syntax. 

That's the best answer for me.

Thanks

Mark