title: JMeter - How to read properties file
body: <p>My JMeter project is like this.</p>
  
  <pre><code>project
      |
       ----&gt; test (folder containing .jmx)
      |
       ----&gt; properties (folder containing .properties files)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In the non-gui mode, I can pass .properties file name to the test via commandline - which I know.  </p>
  
  <p>But how can I read this property file in GUI mode while debugging? I do not want to place them in the bin folder. Is there any other way? like a config element? Is it easy to write a custom config element to read a property file?</p>