Hi Ole,
Thanks for your answer.
I would prefer the 2nd alternative, since I develop my Velocity templates in a separate editor and then I would like to copy/paste them into SoapUI. So, with one setting to disable property expansion would help me.
I do think however that with this solution you limit yourselves. What if I would like to mix SoapUI property expansion and Velocity properties? In that case escaping the $ would be the best way to go.
Anyway: I fixed the problem by defining (global) properties in SoapUI as follows:
keya.valueb = ${keya.valueb}
That works fine (althoug not highly convenient!)