Generating PAD File

By Akbar

Most of the online software downliad site supports the PAD file for your application submisssion. The PAD (Portable Application Description ) is a machine-readable document format designed by the Association of Shareware Professionals

Though it’s just an XML file and you can create this using an XML Editor or even a notepad, I find it handy to use PADGen application to do so. If you don’t like installing new tools, then you can try the online web based PAD Generator too:
http://www.padbuilder.com/

For those who prefer direct XML editing, here the quick link for the PAD sample Xml file:
http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/spec/pad_spec.xml

As usual, last but not least, a link to one very good website with a lot of information and tips about submitting the PAD files:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/padsubmission.html

Regards, Akbar

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