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[ BUILD # : 200808111401 ] [ JDK VERSION : 1.6.0_07 ] The original request is http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=nbusers&msgNo=121668. It is really useful, mainly for big projects.
Well, if you mean that the .class files that were produced by NetBeans would be packed into the .jar file, then it is quite unlikely to happen (at least not for now). The reason why the Build action is disabled is to prevent this. The reason why we do not want to allow simple packing of the NetBeans generated .class files into jars is that NB generates .class files also for sources that contain compilation errors. We are trying to prevent situation when someone accidentally deploys such .class files on a production server. Please note that if you will disable Compile on Save, you should get exactly the NB6.1 behavior.