My green Pakistani passport (second renewal) - 230622Th

My green Pakistani passport (Second renewal)

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(*)_My renewed Pakistani green passport:

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Following is a photo of my second time renewed Pakistani green passport. I took this photo some time after reaching home. Masha ALLAH.

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(A)_Inspirations for Passport renewal:

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I got my first Pakistani green passport in 2005, which was valid till 2010. Then in the year 2013 I got my passport renewed for the first time, which was valid till 2015. In 2023 I watched a video of a famous Pakistani vloger from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan in which vloger was saying good things about having Pakistani green passport. That vloger, in that video, was saying that passport is a national document and having it is a good thing. Plus during the same time one of my siblings performed umrah and that became a great inspiration for me to get my passport renewed for the second time.

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(B)_Research for Passport renewal:

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This is how I made up my mind for getting my Pakistani green passport renewed. Therefore first before applying for renewal of my green Pakistani passport I started researching online so that I could gather as much information as possible about the current procedures for getting Pakistani green passport renewed.

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Out of important informations that I gathered online one was that online service for renewal of Pakistani green passport was not available so far and second was that I could pay Passport renewal fees in any branch of National Bank of Pakistan and third was that I have to go to the nearest Regional Passport Office from my (permanent) address on my CNIC for submitting my request for Passport renewal.

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(C)_Passport renewal:

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After gathering enough information I started working practically on this project of getting my Pakistani green passport renewed.

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(C-1)_Passport fee payment:

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I started by first going to the nearest branch of the National Bank of Pakistan and getting a passport challan form for Rs 25 from one of the counters there. Some days later on 2023 June 21 Wednesday, after filling the form, I went to the same bank branch and paid the fees for getting my Pakistani green passport renewed.

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(C-2)_Document collection:

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In the evening of 2023 June 21 Wednesday I collected the required documents which were my previous original passport and current original CNIC card and their photostats and placed them in an envelope.

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(C-3)_Passport renewal request submission:

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Following is a photo collection of my activities during my Pakistani green passport renewal request submission.

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(@2023 June 22 Thursday)_I, since some weeks, was thinking of going to Passport office for renewing my green passport of Pakistan and today morning decided to do that.

(@09:30)_I started preparing for going to Regional Passport office Malir (Address: V5MM+Q38, Begum Khursheed Rd, Darakhshan Cooperative Housing Society Kala Board, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan).

(@09:56)_I took a selfie of me standing in front of door of my bedroom.

(@10:07)_I reached at the bazar bus stop. Sat on the seat at bus stop and started waiting for Red bus of route EV-2 for going to Malir halt.

(@10:27)_I took a taxi to Regional Passport office Malir because I felt as if I was in a hurry and also because no bus has come in the meantime.

(@10:47)_I reached at the Regional Passport office Malir.

(@10:56)_After walking around in the compound and collecting information from different windows and persons standing in different lines I stood at the end of the male line. There were around 20 to 25 persons already standing in the line.

(@11:02)_I observed that the line was not moving and then got the news that Internet was down. On further enquiry I got the information that the internet was down since 09:24am. :( I don't know whether any of these news were authentic or not.

(@11:16)_I started thinking to return home but stayed.

(@11:30)_Internet got restored and both male and female lines started moving.

(@12:05)_On my turn I was asked to come inside the office building. They were calling in few males from male line and few females from female lines at a time. I went inside the building.

(C-3-a: @12:15)_At first counter I got photographed and received token.

(C-3-b: @12:55)_At another counter I got my finger print verified. (This step took a lot of time because immediately before my turn computer started hanging again and again. Then operator forgot password of windows 10. Some other person came and solved the problem. But then the mouse stopped working and they had to install a new mouse.)

(C-3-c: @13:01)_At another counter my data was verified/updated.

(C-3-d: @13:12)_At another counter my required document's photostats were collected. Passport token was stamped stating to collect passport from Regional Passport office sadder, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

(C-3-e: @13:17)_In a separate room I got interviewed by Assistant director cum Office incharge of Regional Passport Office Malir, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

(@13:22)_Passport renewal request submission Job done and I came out of the building.

(@13:27)_After my passport renewal submission process was over, I stayed in the office premises for about an hour giving company to a man (Jawaid) who was standing in line inside the building in front of me. Now he was waiting for his friend to come and pick him up. According to that person he was car welder by profession and was for the first time going out of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia for a job. Masha ALLAH.

(@14:11)_Jawaid's friend came and Jawaid departed with his friend on his friend's bike. Then I took a rickshaw from Regional Passport office malir to Malir halt for Rs100. The moment I wanted to take out my mobile to make a video of this little rickshaw ride, the rickshaw driver advised me not to take out the mobile. I did as advised.

(@14:29)_When I reached at the Malir Halt bus stop, there was already a Red bus of route EV-2 parked there, so I got into it and sat on the window seat. After a while the bus started and in around half hour I reached at my home.

(@15:03)_Thus that journey came to its end. Masha ALLAH.

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(C-4)_Passport collection

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(C-4-a)_Passport collection (Attempt # 1/2):

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Following is a photo collection of my activities during my Pakistani green passport collection attempt 1/2.

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Following is a small video clip I made during my return journey from Regional Passport Office Saddar, Karachi South, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was my 1st of 2 attempts for collecting my Pakistani green passport.

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(@PkT 2023 July 06 Thursday)_Today I went to the passport office Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan to collect my new passport.

(@09:02)_While going to the passport office to get my renewed passport, I remembered that I forgot to make my start-up selfie. So I made my selfie while standing in front of the wall of the college.

(@09:05)_Then I thought that maybe that selfies was not verly good. Therefore, standing in front of the plants on the front of A-4, I took another selfie.

(@09:25)_The taxi driver asked Rs2000 for the Regional Passport office Saddar Karachi. Wheather was hot and I was already wet with sweat therefore as airconditioned Red bus of route EV-2 came I got into it for Malir halt.

(@09:48)_From Malir halt I took Mehran texi for Rs1000 to the Regional Passport office Saddar, Karachi. At Malir halt I faced a lot of problem in crossing the road as because of the morning office and school etc time there was a great rush of all kind of vehicles.

(@10:27)_I found out from the Regional Passport office Sadder, Karachi that my passport has not arrived yet. I was asked to come after July 15. So I came out of the passport office to return.

(@10:37)_After a lot of bargaining, a taxi driver accepted to come up to the Malir halt in Rs1000. And so my return journey began. Texi, Rickshaw rates were more for returning from Regional Passport office Sadder, Karachi then rates for comming to Passport office.

(@10:50)_During return journey I made a small video clip of underpass on Shahrah e Faisal and felt very happy while making that video clip. Let me also mention that my return journey was in a black and yellow taxi.

(@11:01)_After reaching at the Main Miller Halt I sat in the only Red bus standing there. Because the doors of the bus were open, the bus was not particularly cool.

(@11:22)_When the bus passed through Tank Chowk, it was found that the red bus was not going to where I do live but was going to Bahria Town.

(@11:28)_I alighted from that Red bus in front a gate of area where I do live. For some time I kept asking the prices of flower pots at a nursery near the bus stop.

(@11:38)_When I reached at the gate of the area where I do live, I noticed that the *_______ van* was no longer running. However, a few bolan vans were playing but that too as taxis. So I took a bolan van texi for Rs400 to my house.

(@11:47)_Reached my house.

(@11:47)_I took a selfie after reaching my house. The end of this journey. Masha ALLAH

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(C-4-b)_Passport collection (Attempt # 2/2):

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Following is a photo collection of my activities during my Pakistani green passport collection attempt 2/2.

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(@PkT 2023 July 17 Monday)_Today I went to the passport office saddar for the second time to collect my new passport.

(@12:36)_Soon after our home maid's departure, I left home.

(@12:51)_After 18 minutes of reaching at the bus stop, a Red bus of route EV-2 came but was full therefore I took a texi for the Regional Passport office Sadder, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan for Rs2500.

(@13:17)_Nipa crossed.

(@13:27)_Hasan square crossed.

(@13:30)_Kashmir amusement park crossed. There was a large ferris wheel in the park. I saw that ferris wheel for the first time.

(@13:32)_Old sabzi mandi crossed.

(@13:35)_Dawood Engineering University Crossed. Islamia College complexion was still completely red . . . I don't know what it eats.

(@13:40)_In the middle of the road, Mazar Quaid was clearly visible. I thought to take a photo . . . then I thought I would take a photo when the taxi will be a little nearer, but when the taxi was moving on the road next to Mazar-e-Quaid, Mazar-e-Quaid was completlly hidden behind the trees :(

(@13:48)_Reached at the Regional Passport office Sadder, Karachi. Texi driver asked if I will like to go back with him and I set with him my return journey for Rs1500.

The main gate of the passport office was closed because its time (2 o'clock) was about to end. Therefore I entered through the second gate. I said that I have to collect my passport and person standing at the gate said Ok then go inside. Reached at the window of Malir district and found that the line at Malir district was longer then the lines at other districts. Around 15 persons were already standing in the line. I decided to enjoy while standing in the line and therefore kept enjoying views of cats of different ages and colors and sizes here and there. Sun was very hot ... uffff . . . haye, haye . . . uffff.

(@14:05)_Slowly, slowly the line moved forward and I receive my nenewed green Pakistani passport on my turn. Haye jamalo.

(@14:10)_I checked my new Pakistani green passport in detail. I checked data, photos etc. Every thing was fine so feeling happy I came out of the Regional Passport office Saddar.

(@14:20)_After coming outside the passport office I looked for the taxi I had come in and after finding it I returned home in the same taxi.

[Note: On the way back, I neither took photos, nor made videos, nor wrote any text.]

(@15:42)_I reached at my home very happy and satisfied.

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(D)_Conclusion:

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This is why and how I renewed my Pakistani green passport for the second time. Masha ALLAH. The main difference between this time and last time is my age and the cost of travel. Earlier the travel expenses were very less and I used to use bus for traveling and this time I used taxi and rickshaw along with bus even though the expenses were high. Now bus fares are also much higher than before. The process at the passport offices was much better than in the past.

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* I deliberately omitted some fine details of the different stages involved in my this Pakistani green passport collection session because I think they were of personal and private nature.

** Accuracy of the time is not guaranteed. There may be a plus, minus of a few minutes.

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My new slippers - 220312Sa

My new slippers

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Because my slippers were slowly, slowly getting old and their soles were getting rotten day by day, on the afternoon of 2022 March 12 Saturday I decided to buy myself new slippers. With this agenda I left my house and started walking towards a nearby shopping center where Bata had a shoe store.

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On reaching that shopping center, I found that the Bata shoe shop I was looking for was no longer there and there was a new shoe shop in the same place. I was a little surprised and confused but went inside the shop and soon came out because what I was looking for was not available there.

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From this market I went to another nearby market, this time for a Service shoes shop. But there I was again surprised to know that the Service shoes shop I was looking for was also gone and now there was a new shoe shop in the same shop named "NDURE". I walked into that new shoe store and soon found the type of slipper I was interested in. I selected those slippers and paid their bill. After paying the bill, I wandered around the shop for a while looking at the designs and prices of shoes, sandals and slippers and then came out of the shop. After finishing my work of buying new slippers for myself I slowly walked towards my home.

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After reaching home I got an idea of making some videos and taking some photos, of my newly purchased slippers. Therefore for next few days I kept making videos and taking photos, of my new slippers from different angles.

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Following is a video of my new NDURE slippers.

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My green Pakistani passport (first renewal) - 130429Mo

My green Pakistani passport (first renewal)

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Other versions Version Link 050430Sa My green Pakistani passport (New) - 050430sa 230622Th My green Pakistani passport (second renewal) - 230622Th

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My first green Pakistani passport expired in 2010 April 29 Thursday and in year 2013 I again started trying to renew it. For this purpose I first started visiting passport office situated at Awami markaz Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan to collect information about current requirements for renewing my green Pakistani passport. From passport office Awami markaz I got some different kind of information. For verifying the information I obtained from the Passport office Awami markaz I then also inquired with other passport seekers present there. I also went to Karachi city head office of Passport to further verify the information obtained from Passport Office Awami markaz.

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The information I had received from both passport offices was that for some reason the issuance of new or renewed passports was on hold. Relevant office personals of both the Passport offices also told me to visit after at least 15 days to get the current update about the situation. I went to the Passport office Awami markaz after around one month and found that issuance of the new or renewed Passports was still on hold. But there was relatively good news also. That news was that instead of issuing new/renewed passport latest expired or expiring passport will get stamped with new issue date and expiry date written on it.

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After getting the above information I simply went through the stages required for getting my now expired green Pakistani passport renewed via Pakistan passport office stamp. First, one day I went to the Passport head office of Karachi city and there payed the fees required for green Pakistani passport renewal and then Second after some days I went to the Passport city head office Karachi and submitted my passport for renewal. Then office personal at the same window told me to come after one month (I no longer remember exact time duration now) to the Passport city head office Karachi to get my renewed green Pakistani passport.

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I did as instructed and after the date I was told to come, I went to Passport city head office Karachi but the person at the relevant window said that my passport has not been received yet. The person also told me that now I should come after two weeks to collect my passport. So I again went to Passport city head office Karachi, after the date I was told to come, and stood at the end of the line at the relevant window. The line was not long then and soon it was my turn and I got my renewed green Pakistani passport. I felt very jubilant after receiving my renewed green Pakistani passport.

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On my both visits to the Passport city head office Karachi to collect my renewed green Pakistani passport I observed some unusual behavior of some of passport seekers. They were complaining that some countries were not accepting stamped passport and some were complaining that although they got visa but they were deported from the respective country because of the stamped passport. Passport office personals were saying that stamped passports are valid and authentic.

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Note: I no longer remember some of the fine details of the different stages involved in my that green Pakistani passport renewing session but whatever I still remember I wrote above and is correct.

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Following is a photo of my renewed green Pakistani passport.

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Colors used for Border and Background of this post Color HSL RGB Hex 217°,  64%, 36% 033, 077, 150 #214d96 224°, 55%, 87% 203, 213, 240 #cbd5f0

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If there are any mistakes in this post then I will remove them whenever I will know about them.

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My green Pakistani passport (New) - 050430sa

My green Pakistani passport (New)

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About 2 decades ago (2005), for the first time, I got an idea of getting the green Pakistani passport for me. For this purpose I started getting information about the stages involved in the process, from friends and family members. After collecting enough basic information about the work involved I decided to go to passport office of my city Karachi (Sindh, Pakistan). My idea was to get as much information as possible, from passport office also, before actually applying for my first Pakistani passport.

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Therefore for collecting current information about passport office timings and stages involved in and documents required for and fees required for getting new Pakistani passport I went to the passport offices situated at the Sadder (head office) and Awami markez of Karachi city on different days.

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It took a few days to get the required information from passport offices because there were too many people seeking information at the information window of the passport offices.

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After collecting the required information I collected the required documents both in original and their photocopies. While surveying the passport offices, I had seen very long queues at bank branches for depositing the Pakistani passport fee. Keeping this fact in mind I decided to allocate a day for depositing the fee for getting new Pakistani passport.

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So one day I went to Awami markaz to deposit fees for new Pakistani passport. Required bank branch was at upper floor, may be 1st or 2nd, of the Awami markaz and there the line of Pakistani passport fees depositors was long but not too long. At the bank branch the Pakistani passport fee depositor's line was moving a little slow but because we were indoors therefore it looked fine. After depositing the Pakistani passport fees I returned home.

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A day or two after depositing the fee for the Pakistani passport, I went to the Passport office Awami markaz early in the morning with the original and photostat of the required documents and the fee chalan. At the passport office Awami markaz there was already a long line and I went to it and stood at it's end. Line slowly, slowly kept moving forward and when my turn came I went inside the passport office Awami markaz.

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Inside the office I went through the various stages of submitting the application for my new Pakistani passport. The first stage was of biometric to verify that I and my CNIC belong to each other. After this stage there were many more stages like photography, data entry, document submission and interview etc. It took me almost a whole day from standing at the end of the line outside of passport office Awami markaz in the morning and getting out of the office in the evening.

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After successfully submitting my application for my new Pakistani passport at the passport office Awami markaz, I returned home on the metro bus.

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After some days (I no longer remember how many days) of submitting application for my new Pakistani passport at passport office Awami markaz, I went to the Passport office sadder (which is Pakistan passport head office for Karachi city) for collecting my first Pakistani passport. There I got the information that my passport is not arrived yet and that I must come after some days (I no longer remember how many days, may be one week). Therefore I returned home.

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After required number of days I again went to Passport office Sadder Karachi and this time I got my first green Pakistani passport.

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NOTE: I no longer remember some of the fine details of the different stages involved in my that first Pakistani passport obtaining session but whatever I still remember I wrote above and is correct.

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Following is a photo of my first Pakistani passport.

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Count Tokens in Text file - 230828Mo

Count Tokens in Text file - 1

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A few weeks ago, by chance, I saw a text conversation between two of my cousins ​​on Facebook. I kept reading that conversaion as a silent observer and didn't took part in it. There was a lot of text in the conversation.

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After a while I wondered what I should do with this conversation. Then I thought that since there is so much text in the conversation, why not check that it uses all the English alphabets and all the digits of the decimal system.

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At first I tried to do it manually but of course it was not an easy task nor was I interested in doing it manually at all costs. So I decided to create a software application in c# (c sharp) myself to solve this task.

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Within few days I created the required application in c# (c sharp). I named the application as "CountInText". Longer version of the name of the application under discussion is "Count Tokens in Text file". During creation of the application I added some more features to it like punctuation, word and line count etc. It was a good timepass and it also reminded earlier days of my learning computer programming.

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In the following I am going to explain the application under discussion in this blog entry (article) with the help of screenshots of the application at different stages of it's work.

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[ (*) Application preview ]

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This image is preview of the application "CountInText".

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[ (1): Application is loaded ]

Application is loaded and is ready for use.

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[ (2a): Menu "File" expanded ]

Application menu's "File" option is expanded.

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[ (2b): Menu "Help" expanded ]

Application menu's "Help" option is expanded.

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[ (2b1): Menu "Help/About" clicked ]

Application menu's "Help/About" option is clicked and a reciprocating window is opened. This window displays basic information about the application.

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[ (2b4): Menu "Help/Copyright" clicked ]

Application menu's "Help/Copyright" option is clicked and a reciprocating window is opened. This window displays copyright notice about this application.

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[ (3a): Select Input file ]

"Select Input file" button is clicked and a dialouge box is oppened for selecting input file.

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[ (3b1): Input file selected  ]

An input file is selected and it's path and name is displayed under "Select input file" button".

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[ (3b1a): Input file changed ]

Application looks like this when user changes the selected input file.

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[ (3b1b): Input file NOT changed ]

Application looks like this when user aborts the changing process of the selected input file.

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[  (3b2): Input file NOT selected ]

Application looks like this when user clicks "Select input file" button for the first time but then aborts the process.

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[ (4a): Check ALL clicked ]

Check "All" button under Action column is clicked and as a result all action options are selected.

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[ (4b): Check NONE clicked ]

Check "None" button under Action column is clicked and as a result all action options are un-selected. Only default Action option remains selected.

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[ (5): Some Options selected ]

TWehn more then one but less then all action options are selected then application looks like this.

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[ (6): Count button clicked ]

User clicked "Count" button. Only after an input file is selected user can click "Count" button.

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[ (6a): Counting process is running ]

User clicked "Count" button and application is counting default plus those tokens which are selected by user.

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[ (6b1): Process completed - first view   ]

Application looks like this when token counting process completes successfully.

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[ (6b2): Process completed - second view ]

Application looks like this when token counting process completes successfully. Now application is ready for next task. User needs to click "Clear" button to enable "Count" button.

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[ (7): Clear button clicked ]

User clicked "Clear" button for clearing form fields and un-checking all none-default action options.

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[ (7a): Clearing forme ]

Form clearing process is in progress.

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[ (7b): Form cleared ]

Clearing form process completed.

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