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NoteTab PAD Add-on

What is a PAD file?

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 www.asp-shareware.org/pad/. PAD files store their information in XML format. This format allows a lot of flexibility and enables such data to be opened in a text editor or viewed through a Web browser. However, the raw data is not so easy to read without prior processing. This is where the free NoteTab PAD add-on (in the form of a Clipbook library) comes in useful.

What can the NoteTab PAD add-on do?

NoteTab is a programmable text editor and its functionality can be extended through small add-on files called Clipbook libraries. The PAD library featured on this page does just that. It extends the functionality of NoteTab, turning it into a flexible PAD viewer and output generator. This PAD add-on is a template-based system, so you have complete control on creating and viewing PAD data in any format you wish. It contains several ready-made templates that let you view the contents of PAD files in a matter of seconds. This PAD library works in all versions of NoteTab 4.8 and higher, including the freeware NoteTab Light. Click on the links below to view examples of the output created by the NoteTab PAD library:

• Raw PAD file (XML)



• Outline Web Page
• Plain Text Format



• CNet Format
• NoNags Format
• WinFiles Format
• ZDNet Format

Who needs it?

This library should be useful to software reviewers, as well as anyone else who needs to glean information quickly from a PAD file. Webmasters at software repositories can even create their own templates to suit the format of their Web site. Several sample templates are provided in this library to illustrate this functionality, and tools are provided to let you easily create your own templates.

Download

First, make sure you have NoteTab installed on your computer. If you don't already have it, you can get a free copy from the NoteTab Download page. Then, download the following file and extract its contents into the Libraries subdirectory of your NoteTab folder. You will find instructions in the accompanying Readme.txt file.

Download Pad.zip (size 14 KB)

Useful Links

PAD homepage
NoteTab download page
Clipbook repository

CNet's Download.com
NoNags
WinFiles
ZDNet Downloads