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Portable Application Description Files for Just Great Software Products

What is PAD?

PAD stands for Portable Application Description. PAD is an XML-based open format to describe downloadable applications. It is our preferred method for submitting our software to download sites. If you maintain a software catalog, such as a download site, and want to include our software, please use these PAD files. To keep the contents on your site current, poll these files regularly.

The PAD format is published and supported by the Association of Shareware Professionals with the aim to make the lives of developers and webmasters easier. It is available free of charge to everyone. By using the PAD system, developers save time by having to create a description of their software packages only once. This description can then be uploaded quickly to all sites that support PAD. Webmasters can process these PAD files and extract the data appropriate for their site. They can keep the contents of their site current by polling PAD files on the web sites of the authors of the software they list.

Grab the Just Great Software PAD Files

Just Great Software PAD files:

• AceText: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/AceText.xml
• DeployMaster: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/DeployMaster.xml
• EditPad Lite: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/EditPadLite.xml
• EditPad Pro: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/EditPadPro.xml
• HelpScribble: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/HelpScribble.xml
• PowerGREP: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/PowerGREP.xml
• RegexBuddy: http://www.just-great-software.com/pad/RegexBuddy.xml

You can even take things one step further by polling our master PAD file. This file is a plain text file that lists the full URLs to all our PAD files. By polling this file regularly, your automated system can automatically discover any new software packages available from Just Great Software and process their PAD files.