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I have downloaded  a .jar that contains a manifest  and many .class files only. Attempting to run the jar, the error noted by javaw was that manifest does not have a valid construction, it actually lists no class file that  contains the word "main".

By doing a text search within the jar  for the word "main", I located a certain class file that has it. What suggestions are there to make this program run?
I have win2k and jdk1.5.0_05

I have opened and read the manifest as this:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Archiver-Version: Plexus Archiver
Created-By: Apache Maven
Built-By: duns
Build-Jdk: 1.5.0_06
Extension-Name: freehep-psviewer
Specification-Title: Stand-alone and Embeddable PostScript Viewer
Specification-Vendor: FreeHEP
Implementation-Vendor: FreeHEP
Implementation-Title: freehep-psviewer
Implementation-Version: 2.0-SNAPSHOT


Upon attempting to run the jar :
The notice of failure reads:
Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from
freehep-psviewer-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

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Hi

As noted in the manifest, since it was built using Build-Jdk: 1.5.0_06
is that a problem since I have jdk1.5.0_05?

 

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No that can't be a problem.

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Hi
I found a program in my files that will add a manifest to a jar.

It is a dead end for now, my need to know is not there any longer.

Closing Q.
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