Try this: return this.getMessages().format("TITLE",getMyValue());
The reason that it's giving it to you in all caps is because it's telling you that it can't find the key for whatever you were passing in (which was actually the message's value). -------------------- m2f -------------------- Sent from www.TapestryForums.com Read this topic online here: <<topic_link>> http://www.tapestryforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=14684#14684 -------------------- m2f --------------------