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This site requires PAD file format version 1.1 or later. PADGen version 1.2 or later supports this format.

The following fields are required:

/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Company_Info / Company_Name
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Name
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Version
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Release_Month
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Release_Day
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Release_Year
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Company_Website_URL
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Contact_Info/Contact_Email
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Type
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_OS_Support
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / File_Info / File_Size_K
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Descriptions / English / Keywords
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Descriptions / English / Char_Desc_450
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Web_Info / Application_URLS / Application_Info_URL
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Web_Info / Application_URLS / Application_XML_File_URL
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Web_Info / Download_URLS / Primary_Download_URL

The following fields are optional:

/ XML_DIZ_INFO / ASP / ASP_Member_Number
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Program_Info / Program_Cost_Dollars
/ XML_DIZ_INFO / Web_Info / Application_URLS / Application_Screenshot_URL