diff --git a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
index 8265d8b444..598e26c8cd 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 require_once ('HTML/QuickForm.php');
 require_once ('HTML/QuickForm/advmultiselect.php');
+
+
 /**
  * Filter
  */
@@ -204,13 +206,67 @@ EOT;
 	 * @param int $delay The number of seconds between the moment the user
 	 * submits the form and the start of the progress bar.
 	 */
-	function add_progress_bar($delay = 2)
+	function add_progress_bar($delay = 2, $label='')
 	{
+		if(empty($label))
+		{
+			$label = get_lang('PleaseStandBy');
+		}
 		$this->with_progress_bar = true;
-		$this->updateAttributes("onsubmit=\"myUpload.start('dynamic_div','".api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH)."img/progress_bar.gif','".get_lang('PleaseStandBy')."','".$this->getAttribute('id')."')\"");
+		$this->updateAttributes("onsubmit=\"myUpload.start('dynamic_div','".api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH)."img/progress_bar.gif','".$label."','".$this->getAttribute('id')."')\"");
+		$this->addElement('html','<script language="javascript" src="'.api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'inc/lib/javascript/upload.js" type="text/javascript"></script>');
+		$this->addElement('html','<script type="text/javascript">var myUpload = new upload('.(abs(intval($delay))*1000).');</script>');
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Use the new functions (php 5.2) allowing to display a real upload progress.
+	 * @param upload_id the value of the field UPLOAD_IDENTIFIER
+	 * @param delay the frequency of the xajax call
+	 */
+	function add_real_progress_bar($upload_id, $delay=2)
+	{
+		if(phpversion()<'5.2')
+		{
+			$this -> add_progress_bar($delay);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if(!class_exists('xajax')) {
+			require_once api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'xajax/xajax.inc.php';		
+		}
+		
+		$xajax_upload = new xajax(api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'inc/lib/upload.xajax.php');
+		
+		$xajax_upload -> registerFunction ('updateProgress');
+		
+	
+		// IMPORTANT : must be the first element of the form (that's why we don't use addElement(hidden...)
+		$this->addElement('html','<input name="UPLOAD_IDENTIFIER" type="hidden" value="'.$upload_id.'" />');
+		
+		// add the div where the progress bar will be displayed
+		$this->addElement('html','
+		<div id="dynamic_div_container" style="display:none">
+			<div id="dynamic_div_label"></div>
+			<div id="dynamic_div_frame" style="width:214px; height:12px; border:1px solid grey">
+				<div id="dynamic_div_filled" style="width:0%;height:100%;background-image:url('.api_get_path(REL_PATH).'main/img/real_upload_step.gif);background-repeat:repeat-x"></div>
+			</div>
+		</div>');
+		
+		// get the xajax code
+		$this->addElement('html',$xajax_upload -> getJavascript(api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'inc/lib/xajax'));
+		
+		// get the upload code
 		$this->addElement('html','<script language="javascript" src="'.api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'inc/lib/javascript/upload.js" type="text/javascript"></script>');
 		$this->addElement('html','<script type="text/javascript">var myUpload = new upload('.(abs(intval($delay))*1000).');</script>');
+		
+		
+		// add the upload event
+		$this->updateAttributes("onsubmit=\"myUpload.startRealUpload('dynamic_div','".$upload_id."','".$label."','".$this->getAttribute('id')."')\"");
+		
+		
 	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Display the form.
 	 * If an element in the form didn't validate, an error message is showed
@@ -255,6 +311,7 @@ EOT;
 	}
 }
 
+
 /**
  * Clean HTML
  * @param string HTML to clean
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/javascript/upload.js b/main/inc/lib/javascript/upload.js
index 0aba27769b..b18e1bae35 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/javascript/upload.js
+++ b/main/inc/lib/javascript/upload.js
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@ function upload(latency){
 		__progress_bar_interval = setTimeout(__display_progress_bar,latency);
 		__upload_form_domid  = formid;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Starts the timer of the real upload progress
+	 */
+	function startRealUpload(domid, upload_id){
+		__progress_bar_domid = domid;
+		__progress_bar_uploadid = upload_id;
+		__progress_bar_interval = setInterval(__refreshUpload,latency);
+		document.getElementById(domid+'_container').style.display = 'block';
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Function called by a timer to update every x seconds the progress bar
+	 */
+	function __refreshUpload(){
+		xajax_updateProgress(__progress_bar_domid, __progress_bar_uploadid);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Displays the progress bar in the given DOM element
 	 */
@@ -32,6 +50,7 @@ function upload(latency){
 		}
 	}
 	this.start = start;
+	this.startRealUpload = startRealUpload;
 	var __progress_bar_domid = '';
 	var __progress_bar_img = '../img/progress_bar.gif';
 	var __progress_bar_text = 'Uploading... Please wait';
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/upload.xajax.php b/main/inc/lib/upload.xajax.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f47360a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/inc/lib/upload.xajax.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Xajax action to handle the real progress bar for an upload
+ * @author Eric Marguin
+ */
+
+include("../global.inc.php");
+require_once api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'xajax/xajax.inc.php';	
+$xajax_upload = new Xajax();
+$xajax_upload -> registerFunction ('updateProgress');
+$xajax_upload -> processRequests();
+
+/**
+ * This function updates the progress bar
+ * @param div_id where the progress bar is displayed
+ * @param upload_id the identifier given in the field UPLOAD_IDENTIFIER
+ */
+function updateProgress($div_id, $upload_id){
+	
+	$objResponse = new XajaxResponse();
+	$ul_info = uploadprogress_get_info($upload_id);
+	$percent = intval($ul_info['bytes_uploaded']*100/$ul_info['bytes_total']);
+	$objResponse -> addAssign($div_id.'_label' , 'innerHTML', get_lang('Uploading').' : '.$percent.' %');
+	$objResponse -> addAssign($div_id.'_filled' , 'style.width', $percent.'%');
+	
+	
+	return $objResponse;
+	
+}
+
+
+
+
+?>
diff --git a/main/upload/upload_ppt.php b/main/upload/upload_ppt.php
index d5afe32601..19f1851f48 100644
--- a/main/upload/upload_ppt.php
+++ b/main/upload/upload_ppt.php
@@ -18,11 +18,23 @@ include("../inc/global.inc.php");
 require_once(api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH) . 'fileUpload.lib.php');
 require_once(api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH) . 'events.lib.inc.php');
 require_once(api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH) . 'document.lib.php');
+require_once (api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php');
+		
+
+//$xajax_upload -> debugOn();
+
+$form_style= '
+<style>
+.row {
+	width: 200px;
+}
+</style>';
 
 $htmlHeadXtra[] = '<script language="javascript" src="../inc/lib/javascript/upload.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
 $htmlHeadXtra[] = '<script type="text/javascript">
 	var myUpload = new upload(0);
 </script>';
+$htmlHeadXtra[] = $form_style;
 
 if(isset($_POST['convert'])){
 	$cwdir = getcwd();
@@ -38,7 +50,6 @@ if(isset($_POST['convert'])){
 event_access_tool(TOOL_UPLOAD);
 
 
-
 $interbreadcrumb[]= array ("url"=>"../newscorm/lp_controller.php?action=list", "name"=> get_lang(TOOL_LEARNPATH));
 $nameTools = get_lang("OogieConversionPowerPoint");
 Display :: display_header($nameTools);
@@ -97,21 +108,22 @@ if(!empty($errorMessage)){
 	echo '<div style="'.$s_style_error.'"><div style="float:left; margin-right:10px;"><img src="'.api_get_path(WEB_IMG_PATH)."message_error.gif".'" alt="'.$alt_text.'" '.$attribute_list.'  /></div><div style="margin-left: 43px">'.$errorMessage.'</div></div>';
 }
 
-echo '<div id="dynamic_div" style="display:block;margin-left:40%;margin-top:10px;height:50px;"></div>';
+$form = new FormValidator('update_course');
+$form -> add_real_progress_bar('ppt2lp',1);
+// build the form
+$form -> addElement ('html','<br /><br />');
+$form -> addElement('file', 'user_file','<img src="../img/powerpoint_big.gif" />');
+$form -> addGroup ($elements, null, null, '&nbsp;&nbsp;');
+$form -> addElement ('hidden', 'ppt2lp', 'true');
+$form -> addElement ('html','<br /><br />');
+$form -> addElement ('submit', 'convert', get_lang('ConvertToLP'));
+
+
 
-echo '<div id="upload_form_div" name="form_div" style="display:block;">';
+// display the form
+$form -> display();
 
-echo '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'" onsubmit="myUpload.start(\'dynamic_div\',\'../img/progress_bar.gif\',\''.get_lang("Converting").'\',\'upload_form_div\');">';
-echo '<img src="../img/powerpoint_big.gif" align="absbottom">
-		&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="file" name="user_file">
-		<input type="hidden" name="ppt2lp" value="true" />
-		<br><br>
-		<input type="submit" name="convert" value="'.get_lang('ConvertToLP').'">
-		&nbsp;&nbsp;
-		<img src="../img/scormbuilder.gif" align="absmiddle">';
-echo '</form>';
 
-echo '</div>';
 
 echo "<br><br><br><br>";