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PAD Files

PAD stands for Portable Application Description, and a PAD file is a clear and easy way for software authors to provide online sources with information about their products. The advantage of using a PAD file is that it enables you to store all the descriptions and specifications in one single place - system requirements, price, contact info, file names, download URL's and more.



Another great thing about PAD files is that they're so easy to create - and that it doesn't cost you anything! The Association of Shareware Professionals have put together a range of totally free tools that allow you to create and modify your PAD files (e.g. www.padgen.org).

If you plan to use our service we strongly recommend to use PAD Manager when creating your PAD file. It is a free tool which is designed specially to meet SubmitMySoft requirements and helps you to avoid the most common mistakes. You may download PAD Manager here:

   »  Pad Manager.exe (3.5 MB)

   »  Pad Manager.zip (1.9 MB)

Still if you experience some problems while compiling a PAD file, you may use the assistance of our skilled specialist who will professionally compile a PAD file for your product.

If you compile a PAD file yourself, please, keep in mind the following guidelines:

  1. Avoid apostrophes in company name, product name, product description
  2. Product description should not contain any special characters such as (&,",<,>)
  3. Product description should not contain any line breaks
  4. All download links should point to an actual file (not to the script)
  5. Avoid spaces or %20 symbols in download links and URLs
  6. Do not use free emails as your contact emails in the PAD file
  7. Use Online PAD Validation tool to check your PAD file
Find out more about PAD files in "How to create a PAD file" article.

Once you have created your PAD file, you should put it in two different places. First in your ZIP file, so that the people who distribute your software can access all the information that they might need. Second, you also want to put your PAD file on your own website, since this is what many of the download sites will ask you for.

When you have a necessity to edit information about your product (version, new features, size, contacts, etc), you should only update the product PAD file and overwrite it on your website. Many download archives check the registered PAD files for updates every week. So, your information will be updated on many download websites automatically!

If you are ready to move on, please, upload your PAD file to SubmitMySoft using the following form, place an order and get the job done!

Send PAD File


Please, provide the required information about yourself and upload the existing PAD file of your product using the following form. If you have no PAD file you may use our assistance to create it.

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