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try single quotes in key attribute..<br />
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&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key='reg.malelabel'/&gt;&quot; /&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key='reg.femalelabel'/&gt;&quot; /&gt;<br />
&lt;/form:select&gt;<br />

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Chaituu - that simply displays all the info &lt;fmt...&gt; in the pulldown box
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I solved the question myself.
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I have a properties file that is loaded and accessible for my form. &nbsp;I pull in several labels. &nbsp;Now I need the pulldown box labels to be populated from this properties file.<br />
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this works correctly:<br />
&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;Male&quot; /&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;Female&quot; /&gt;<br />
&lt;/form:select&gt;<br />
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but what I want is:<br />
&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&quot;reg.malelabel&quot;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&quot;reg.femalelabel&quot;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;<br />
&lt;/form:select&gt;<br />
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Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong?
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I have a properties file that is loaded and accessible for my form.  I pull in several labels.  Now I need the pulldown box labels to be populated from this properties file.

this works correctly:
<form:select path="gender" id="gender">
        <form:option value="M" label="Male" />
        <form:option value="M" label="Female" />
</form:select>

but what I want is:
<form:select path="gender" id="gender">
        <form:option value="M" label="<fmt:message key="reg.malelabel"/>" />
        <form:option value="M" label="<fmt:message key="reg.femalelabel"/>" />
</form:select>

Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong?

try single quotes in key attribute..

&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&#39;reg.malelabel&#39;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&#39;reg.femalelabel&#39;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/form:select&gt;


Chaituu - that simply displays all the info &lt;fmt...&gt; in the pulldown box

Java using properties data inside a form select box

I have a properties file that is loaded and accessible for my form.  I pull in several labels.  Now I need the pulldown box labels to be populated from this properties file.

this works correctly:
&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;Male&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;Female&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/form:select&gt;

but what I want is:
&lt;form:select path=&quot;gender&quot; id=&quot;gender&quot;&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&quot;reg.malelabel&quot;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;form:option value=&quot;M&quot; label=&quot;&lt;fmt:message key=&quot;reg.femalelabel&quot;/&gt;&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/form:select&gt;

Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong?

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