title: Exported Eclipse RCP application reading a local properties file
body: <p>I developing a plugin which reads from a .properties file for the database connection, but after exporting the plugin, the .properties file is wrapped up inside the jar'ed plugin and not able to be changed on the fly.</p>
  
  <p>did some research, some suggested creating fragments or features to compliment the reading of the properties file on the fly and points to </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/reference/pde_feature_generating_build.htm" rel="nofollow">http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/reference/pde_feature_generating_build.htm</a></p>
  
  <p>tried using eclipse to creature fragments but am lost as in how to create a feature t</p>