What is Padded?
PAD files are an industry standard XML format used for describing software in a simple, standard format, to software archives. The specification is an initiative of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
Padded supports:
• All PAD spec languages in your PAD at once. Unicode and UTF-8 supported.• 18 PAD extensions: Affiliates, Article, ASP, Delphi, ESC, MSN, Newsfeed, OISV, Online Shops, PAD Ring, PADmap, Press Release, RoboSoft, RSS Feed, Runtime, Simtel, TPA and ZDNet.
• Import from and export to PADGen Company Info (CML) and Program Info (PML) files.
• Import data from Company, Software, Descriptions and Extensions sections of PAD files.
Added features:
• Templates to automatically handle CML/PML/PAD file component imports when starting a new file.• Digital signing of PAD files through integration with third party tools.
• Transfer your PAD, over FTP or HTTP/S, to and from your web site.
• Available for Windows, Mac OS X and X11, with platform appropriate user interface.
• Regularly updated and maintained.
Please register this Shareware if you use it for more than 30 days. Registration costs USD $25.00 and covers Padded on all supported platforms.
Download
| Platform | Download | Screenshot | System Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X | v2.16 (4.8M) | View | Mac OS X 10.2 and up4. PowerPC G4 and up or Intel. |
| Windows | v2.16 (2.8M) | View | Microsoft Windows (98-Seven), or Wine 0.9.25 and up1, or ReactOS 0.3.4 and up2. |
| Linux (x86) | v2.16 (3.3M) | View | Linux kernel 2.2.16 and up. Pentium CPU and up. X11. LibSSL 0.9.8 recommended but not essential3. |
The download links above will redirect you to a download from the round-robin pool. Your file download will start immediately.
Note1: Padded also runs on a wide range of other operating systems (including FreeBSD, PC-BSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux and BeOS) using Wine. It runs well in Wine and needs only the base install to function. Note2: ReactOS is itself in alpha-level development. While Padded generally works there, we can't guarantee it'll work with each release as the underlying ReactOS subsystems are rather fluid and changeable. Note3: Where LibSSL is not available on Linux, Padded will disable the features that depend on it. Note4: Padded 2.16 will be the last to support Mac OS X 10.2-10.4 (Jaguar, Panther and Tiger). |
Useful links: change log, installation. You can find more documentation on how to use Padded by clicking 'Help⇒Padded Help' from the app's main menu.



