Hi knuwu, Yes I do have a messages_fr.properties in my WEB-INF/classes directory. I can access the properties file in my jsf pages via <f:loadBundle basename="messages" var="msg"/>. The problem is when I'm loading the Resource Bundle in my bean class to populate a drop down list with values that are locale-sensitive. I have tried what you suggested but it's not working. In my components.xml file I have this: | <component name="resourceBundle"> | <property name="bundleName">messages</property> | </component> | Any ideas about what can be done? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4034861#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...