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Make the GUI builder capable to define resources (strings, colors, fonts, icons, mnemonics) in properties files as supported by the Swing App Framework. Make this feature work by default in Swing App projects - with no extra complexity for the user. Also support internationalization. It must still be possible to define the resources the usual way (i.e. generated in Java code).
Already done, closing.