How to setup Main class in manifest file in jar produced by NetBeans project

Question

I have the following problem. I have a Java project in my NetBeans IDE 6.8. When I compile it and it produces a .jar file containing everything possible, the META-INF is not

Answer 1

Adding manifest.file=manifest.mf into project.properties and creating manifest.mf file in the project directory works fine in NB 6.9 and should work also in NB 6.8.