Index: lams_tool_nb/build.xml
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diff -u -rad683fcaeabe83c702b599c5c866bb7d30cd7191 -re263e51e8e1faf1463ea508f5432bcde98a88652
--- lams_tool_nb/build.xml	(.../build.xml)	(revision ad683fcaeabe83c702b599c5c866bb7d30cd7191)
+++ lams_tool_nb/build.xml	(.../build.xml)	(revision e263e51e8e1faf1463ea508f5432bcde98a88652)
@@ -514,6 +514,14 @@
 	        </copy>
 	    </target>
 
+	   <!-- =================================  
+	         target: convert UTF-8 language files to Java properties files using native2ascii 
+	        ================================= -->
+	    <target name="native2ascii" 
+	    	description="convert UTF-8 language files to Java properties files using native2ascii">
+			<native2ascii encoding="UTF-8" src="${conf.language.dir}" dest="${conf.language.dir}"
+			   includes="*.txt" ext=".properties"/>
+	    </target>
 	
 </project>