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diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
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@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ maven.settings.interactiveMode=false
 maven.build.version=V1.2
 maven.test.skip=false
 pmd.installpath=c:/Apps/pmd-bin-5.2.3/lib
+#this is new addition added
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/build.properties_bk b/build.properties_bk
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+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2015, Seshagiri Sriram. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Created on: Feb 02, 2015, Seshagiri Sriram 
+# Updated: June 20,2016 fixed some property paths..
+# File Name : build.properties
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ****** NOTE: ALL PARAMETERS AND VALUES IN THIS FILE ARE CASE SENSITIVE ******
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Properties file
+# Modify the following properties before calling the ant build
+#
+# This build drops all the existing directories (mentioned in this properties file) before creating them
+# The JAR file structure created by this build is
+#        |-- ReportGenerator.jar                 This is defined in build.xml
+#        |  |-- META-INF
+#        |-- lib                        Third party jars
+#        |-- All property files go in here.....
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build Details
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The below are  general for *** ALL *** Projects and defined inside build.xml or passed via -D options. DO NOT CHANGE
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# |Property														Description 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# |build.basesrcdir											Location where the project is found. Passed to this script via -Dbasesrcdir=<value>
+# |maven.build.finalName							Final name - hardcoded into build.xml e.g. X-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar 
+# |maven.build.dir											Location relative to buildsrcdir where  build will be done. usually target
+# |maven.build.outputDir							Usually  target/classes. 
+# |maven.build.srcdir									location of source under buid.basesrcdir
+# |maven.build.resourceDir						location of resources under build.basesrcdir 
+# |maven.build.testDir									Location  of test classes 
+# |maven.build.testResourceDir				Location of test resources	
+# |maven.build.testOutputDir					Location of test class compilation
+# |maven.test.reports									Where test reports (from JUNIT) will be located. 
+# |maven.build.pmddir								Location where PMD rules and XSL will belocated. 
+# |maven.reporting.outputDirectory		Location of reports from PMD
+# |project.3rdpartylibdir								lib under build.basesrcdir
+# |build.type														dev,qa, or prod. passed via -Dbuildtype={dev|qa|prod} 
+# |environment.type.default					Value if build.type is not passed. defaults to dev -- DO NOT CHANGE
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Per User configuration..... Change for local environmnent
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ant.home=c:/Apps/ant
+project.build.outputDirectory=${maven.build.outputDir}
+project.build.directory=${maven.build.dir}
+maven.repo.local=e\:/repos
+maven.settings.offline=false
+project.build.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+maven.settings.interactiveMode=false
+maven.build.version=V1.2
+maven.test.skip=false
+pmd.installpath=c:/Apps/pmd-bin-5.2.3/lib
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------