Thanks, Ray. That did the trick. The dot in the file name was a typo; my 
custom_messages file was named properly. I just needed to fix the value for 
file.



On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 4:10:56 PM UTC-8, rbon wrote:
>
> Dustin,
>
> Should your file be custom_messages.properties (note '_')?
>
> Then maybe cas.messageBundle.baseNames = 
> file:/etc/cas/messages/custom_messages,classpath...
>
> You could also put your custom file in src/main/resources/ and it will end 
> up in the classpath (would this negate setting 
> cas.messageBundle.baseNames?).
>
> Ray
>
> On Wed, 2020-01-29 at 12:33 -0800, Dustin J Luck wrote:
>
> I am trying to externalize as many of the customizations to CAS as 
> possible. I have figured out how to do so for UI templates 
> <https://apereo.github.io/2018/06/10/cas-userinterface-customizations/> 
> using the cas.view.templatePrefixes[0] property, but am having trouble 
> figuring out a similar technique for custom_messages.properties. I tried 
> using the cas.messageBundle.baseNames property as described in this thread 
> <https://groups.google.com/a/apereo.org/d/topic/cas-user/FbC6iDGUx4A/discussion>,
>  
> but couldn't get that to work. Am I missing something or is there another 
> method I should try? 
>
> *Actual property value set*
>
>
> cas.messageBundle.baseNames = 
> file:/etc/cas/messages,classpath:custom_messages,classpath:messages
>
>
> *File location on server:*
>
> c:\etc\cas\messages\custom.messages.properties
>
>
>
> If it isn't possible to externalize custom messages, what are the 
> downsides to including my customized text as literals in the UI templates 
> rather than bringing them in as custom messages?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> *My environment:*
>
>    - Standalone CAS 6.0.5 build
>    - Windows Server 2012 R2
>    - Tomcat 9 running as a service
>
> -- 
>
> Ray Bon
> Programmer Analyst
> Development Services, University Systems
> 2507218831 | CLE 019 | [email protected] <javascript:>
>
> I respectfully acknowledge that my place of work is located within the 
> ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt and 
> WSÁNEĆ Nations.
>

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