Viewing Jar File - How?

Hi....I hope this is the right place to ask. My professor sent me a JAR file, but I have no idea how to open it. I have JarInspector, and it lists all these other files. When I doubleclick on the JAR file, IMPVIEWER opens, I get the first page, and that is it. (the JAR file is going to look like a powerpoint presentation with audio and video). I also have Java Web Start.
Thanks!
Scott

Hmm, normally double-clicking on a jar file runs the Main-Class defined in the jar's manifest. If it's not working, you may not have the right version of Java or your prof may not have set up the jar correctly.
Try opening a Terminal, cd'ing to the folder containing the jar, and running it directly. ie,
cd ~/Desktop
/usr/bin/java -jar somejarfile.jar
If you get an error about incorrect class versions, upgrade Java to the latest available version (java.com).

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