How to create a PAD file under Linux?

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#1

Hi!

I would like to create a PAD file under Linux. I tried to use PADGen under Linux but it crashed when I tried to save the XML file. I look at a native PAD file generator for Linux on the web but I did not find any. Do you have an idea?

#2

Ok I have found it:
http://www.padbuilder.com/

Sorry.

#3

I have had to tinker a bit the resulting file. Therefore, I prefer showing you my own PAD XML file, it might be useful:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<XML_DIZ_INFO>

	<MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>

		<MASTER_PAD_VERSION>2.011</MASTER_PAD_VERSION>

		<MASTER_PAD_EDITOR>Online PAD Generator 1.33 - http://www.padbuilder.com</MASTER_PAD_EDITOR>

		<MASTER_PAD_INFO>Portable Application Description, or PAD for short, is a data set that is used by shareware authors to disseminate information to anyone interested in their software products. To find out more go to http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad</MASTER_PAD_INFO>

	</MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>

	<Company_Info>

		<Company_Name>Julien Gouesse</Company_Name>

		<Address_1 />

		<Address_2 />

		<City_Town>Paris</City_Town>

		<State_Province />

		<Zip_Postal_Code>75013</Zip_Postal_Code>

		<Country>France</Country>

		<Company_WebSite_URL>http://tuer.tuxfamily.org</Company_WebSite_URL>

		<Contact_Info>

			<Author_First_Name>Julien</Author_First_Name>

			<Author_Last_Name>Gouesse</Author_Last_Name>

			<Author_Email>gouessej@yahoo.fr</Author_Email>

			<Contact_First_Name>Julien</Contact_First_Name>

			<Contact_Last_Name>Gouesse</Contact_Last_Name>

			<Contact_Email>gouessej@yahoo.fr</Contact_Email>

		</Contact_Info>

		<Support_Info>

			<Sales_Email>gouessej@yahoo.fr</Sales_Email>

			<Support_Email>gouessej@yahoo.fr</Support_Email>

			<General_Email>gouessej@yahoo.fr</General_Email>

			<Sales_Phone />

			<Support_Phone />

			<General_Phone />

			<Fax_Phone />

		</Support_Info>

	</Company_Info>

	<Program_Info>

		<Program_Name>TUER</Program_Name>

		<Program_Version>1</Program_Version>

		<Program_Release_Month>10</Program_Release_Month>

		<Program_Release_Day>31</Program_Release_Day>

		<Program_Release_Year>2006</Program_Release_Year>

		<Program_Cost_Dollars />

		<Program_Cost_Other_Code />

		<Program_Cost_Other />

		<Program_Type>Freeware</Program_Type>

		<Program_Release_Status>Alpha</Program_Release_Status>

		<Program_Install_Support>Install and Uninstall</Program_Install_Support>

		<Program_OS_Support>WinXP,Unix,Linux,Linux Console,Linux Gnome,Linux GPL,Linux Open Source,Mac OS X,Java</Program_OS_Support>

		<Program_Language>English</Program_Language>

		<Program_Change_Info />

		<Program_Specific_Category>Games</Program_Specific_Category>

		<Program_Category_Class>Games &amp; Entertainment::Action</Program_Category_Class>

		<Program_Categories />

		<Program_System_Requirements />

		<Includes_JAVA_VM>N</Includes_JAVA_VM>

		<Includes_VB_Runtime>N</Includes_VB_Runtime>

		<Includes_DirectX>N</Includes_DirectX>

		<File_Info>

			<Filename_Versioned />

			<Filename_Previous />

			<Filename_Generic />

			<Filename_Long />

			<File_Size_Bytes>45000000</File_Size_Bytes>

			<File_Size_K>43945.31</File_Size_K>

			<File_Size_MB>42.92</File_Size_MB>

		</File_Info>

		<Expire_Info>

			<Has_Expire_Info>N</Has_Expire_Info>

			<Expire_Count />

			<Expire_Based_On />

			<Expire_Other_Info />

			<Expire_Month />

			<Expire_Day />

			<Expire_Year />

		</Expire_Info>

	</Program_Info>

	<Program_Descriptions>

		<English>

			<Keywords>TUER,FPS,JOGL,doom-like,quake-like,Java,OpenGL,shooter</Keywords>

			<Char_Desc_45>FPS taking place in a museum</Char_Desc_45>

			<Char_Desc_80>FPS taking place in a museum infested by robots</Char_Desc_80>

			<Char_Desc_250>FPS taking place in a museum infested by robots that you have to shoot with your rocket launcher. The graphics are inspired of Vincent Stahl museum.</Char_Desc_250>

			<Char_Desc_450>FPS taking place in a museum infested by robots that you have to shoot with your rocket launcher. The graphics are inspired of Vincent Stahl museum.</Char_Desc_450>

			<Char_Desc_2000>FPS taking place in a museum infested by robots that you have to shoot with your rocket launcher. The graphics are inspired of Vincent Stahl museum.</Char_Desc_2000>

		</English>

	</Program_Descriptions>

	<Web_Info>

		<Application_URLs>

			<Application_Info_URL>http://tuer.tuxfamily.org/project.php</Application_Info_URL>

			<Application_Order_URL />

			<Application_Screenshot_URL>http://tuer.tuxfamily.org/screenshots/screenshot_ATI_HD4850_1440_990.png</Application_Screenshot_URL>

			<Application_Icon_URL />

			<Application_XML_File_URL>http://tuer.tuxfamily.org/pad.xml</Application_XML_File_URL>

		</Application_URLs>

		<Download_URLs>

			<Primary_Download_URL>http://tuer.tuxfamily.org/tuer.jnlp</Primary_Download_URL>

			<Secondary_Download_URL />

			<Additional_Download_URL_1 />

			<Additional_Download_URL_2 />

		</Download_URLs>

	</Web_Info>

	<Permissions>

		<Distribution_Permissions>GPL v2 and later</Distribution_Permissions>

		<EULA>GPL v2 and later</EULA>

	</Permissions>

</XML_DIZ_INFO>

You can submit your PAD file in the websites below:


http://www.programmersheaven.com/submit/pad/PADSubmission.aspx

It can allow you to make some advertising for your games and robots look for such files. I want Java games to become more famous. Let me know if you have any problem with my example.

Take care, the JNLP extension is not accepted in the spec, the validator may warn you but you can use it:
http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/spec/validate.php