PAD Files issue?
What is PAD? PAD (Portable Application Description) is a standard of passing program information that make easier the registration of programs for the authors, but it also should enable the archive administrators to update the programs automatically.
My issue, problem is
This file is OK
This file returns an error
Locally the code tests OK and has been OK in the past.
Should I upload as ASCII or binary?
PAD xml=
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<XML_DIZ_INFO>
<MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>
<MASTER_PAD_VERSION>2.01</MASTER_PAD_VERSION>
<MASTER_PAD_EDITOR>PAD Creator version: 2.0.1 available for FREE at
http://www.padcreator.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>DOT Solutions.</Company_Name>
<Address_1>74 Oakhill</Address_1>
<Address_2>Coulby Newham</Address_2>
<City_Town>Middlesbrough</City_Town>
<State_Province>Cleveland</State_Province>
<Zip_Postal_Code>TS8 0SG</Zip_Postal_Code>
<Country>United Kingdom</Country>
<Company_WebSite_URL>http://www.solutions.ukdots.com/</Company_WebSite_URL>
<Contact_Info>
<Author_First_Name>Billy</Author_First_Name>
<Author_Last_Name>Tail</Author_Last_Name>
<Author_Email>submithereuk@yahoo.co.uk</Author_Email>
<Contact_First_Name>Billy</Contact_First_Name>
<Contact_Last_Name>Tail</Contact_Last_Name>
<Contact_Email>submithereuk@yahoo.co.uk</Contact_Email>
</Contact_Info>
<Support_Info>
<Sales_Email>submithereuk@yahoo.co.uk</Sales_Email>
<Support_Email>submithereuk@yahoo.co.uk</Support_Email>
<General_Email>submithereuk@yahoo.co.uk</General_Email>
<Sales_Phone>11111 22224</Sales_Phone>
<Support_Phone>11111 22223</Support_Phone>
<General_Phone>11111 22222</General_Phone>
<Fax_Phone>11111 22225</Fax_Phone>
</Support_Info>
</Company_Info>
<Program_Info>
<Program_Name>HomeKey</Program_Name>
<Program_Version>96.5</Program_Version>
<Program_Release_Month>10</Program_Release_Month>
<Program_Release_Day>21</Program_Release_Day>
<Program_Release_Year>2000</Program_Release_Year>
<Program_Cost_Dollars>0.00</Program_Cost_Dollars>
<Program_Cost_Other_Code />
<Program_Cost_Other />
<Program_Type>Freeware</Program_Type>
<Program_Release_Status>New Release</Program_Release_Status>
<Program_Install_Support>Install Only</Program_Install_Support>
<Program_OS_Support>Win 3.1x,Win95,Win98,WinME,WinNT 3.x,WinNT 4.x,WinXP,Windows2000,Windows2003,MS-DOS</Program_OS_Support>
<Program_Language>English</Program_Language>
<Program_Change_Info>Freeware</Program_Change_Info>
<Program_Specific_Category>Education</Program_Specific_Category>
<Program_Category_Class>Education::Teaching &amp; Training Tools</Program_Category_Class>
<Program_Categories>Education</Program_Categories>
<Program_System_Requirements>286 IBM, 1Mb RAM, VGA</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>hkeybt96.zip</Filename_Versioned>
<Filename_Previous>hkeybt96.zip</Filename_Previous>
<Filename_Generic />
<Filename_Long>homekey.zip</Filename_Long>
<File_Size_Bytes>153600</File_Size_Bytes>
<File_Size_K>150</File_Size_K>
<File_Size_MB>0.15</File_Size_MB>
</File_Info>
<Expire_Info>
<Has_Expire_Info>N</Has_Expire_Info>
<Expire_Count />
<Expire_Based_On />
<Expire_Other_Info>None</Expire_Other_Info>
</Expire_Info>
</Program_Info>
<Program_Descriptions>
<English>
<Keywords>Homekey,touch typing,learn to type,typing,keyboard,simple beginners touch typing program,keyboard</Keywords>
<Char_Desc_45>Homekey A beginners touch typing program</Char_Desc_45>
<Char_Desc_80>Homekey A simple beginners touch typing program. Make your own lessons. Ideal fo</Char_Desc_80>
<Char_Desc_250>Homekey A simple beginners touch typing program. Make your own lessons. Ideal for beginners. Will work on most 286 IBM, 1Mb RAM, VGA machines and above, a DOS program will run in Windows. Will run from a floppy disk.</Char_Desc_250>
<Char_Desc_450>Homekey A simple beginners touch typing program. Make your own lessons. Ideal for beginners. Will work on most 286 IBM, 1Mb RAM, VGA machines and above, a DOS program will run in Windows. Will run from a floppy disk.</Char_Desc_450>
<Char_Desc_2000>Homekey A simple beginners touch typing program. Make your own lessons. Ideal for beginners. Will work on most 286 IBM, 1Mb RAM, VGA machines and above, a DOS program will run in Windows. Will run from a floppy disk.</Char_Desc_2000>
</English>
</Program_Descriptions>
<Web_Info>
<Application_URLs>
<Application_Info_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com</Application_Info_URL>
<Application_Order_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/address.html</Application_Order_URL>
<Application_Screenshot_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/hkeybt96.gif</Application_Screenshot_URL>
<Application_Icon_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/homekeybox.gif</Application_Icon_URL>
<Application_XML_File_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/hkeybt96.xml</Application_XML_File_URL>
</Application_URLs>
<Download_URLs>
<Primary_Download_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/hkeybt96.zip</Primary_Download_URL>
<Secondary_Download_URL>http://www.acomputerportal.com/homekey.zip</Secondary_Download_URL>
<Additional_Download_URL_1 />
<Additional_Download_URL_2 />
</Download_URLs>
</Web_Info>
<Permissions>
<Distribution_Permissions>Freeware.
</Distribution_Permissions>
<EULA>Freeware.
</EULA>
</Permissions>
<ASP>
<ASP_FORM>Y</ASP_FORM>
<ASP_Member>N</ASP_Member>
<ASP_Member_Number></ASP_Member_Number>
</ASP>
</XML_DIZ_INFO>
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