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The project properties dialog will replace ${properties} with the resolved values in the project.xml file. This breaks freeform projects that utilize Java properties to coordinate between Ant and NetBeans. Noticed in Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200709270000).
If you make any hand edits, do not use the Properties dialog. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 50409 ***