diff --git a/app/src/cc/arduino/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java b/app/src/cc/arduino/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java
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+++ b/app/src/cc/arduino/ui/ProgressJProgressBar.java
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+/*
+ * This file is part of Arduino.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Arduino LLC (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+ *
+ * Arduino is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
+ * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
+ * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
+ * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
+ * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
+ * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.
+ */
+package cc.arduino.ui;
+
+import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
+
+import cc.arduino.utils.Progress;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class ProgressJProgressBar extends JProgressBar {
+
+  public void setValue(Progress p) {
+    setValue((int) p.getProgress());
+    if (p.getStatus() != null)
+      setString(p.getStatus());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/MultiStepProgress.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/MultiStepProgress.java
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+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/MultiStepProgress.java
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+/*
+ * This file is part of Arduino.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Arduino LLC (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+ *
+ * Arduino is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
+ * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
+ * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
+ * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
+ * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
+ * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.
+ */
+package cc.arduino.utils;
+
+public class MultiStepProgress implements Progress {
+
+  double steps;
+
+  double step;
+  double stepProgress;
+
+  String status;
+
+  public MultiStepProgress(int _steps) {
+    steps = _steps;
+    step = 0.0;
+    stepProgress = 0.0;
+  }
+
+  public double getGlobalProgress() {
+    return (step + stepProgress) / steps;
+  }
+
+  public void stepDone() {
+    step += 100.0;
+    setProgress(0.0);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setProgress(double progress) {
+    stepProgress = progress;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setStatus(String _status) {
+    status = _status;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public double getProgress() {
+    return getGlobalProgress();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getStatus() {
+    return status;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/Progress.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/Progress.java
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index 000000000..4eafcee3a
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+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/Progress.java
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+/*
+ * This file is part of Arduino.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Arduino LLC (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+ *
+ * Arduino is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
+ * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
+ * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
+ * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
+ * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
+ * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.
+ */
+package cc.arduino.utils;
+
+public interface Progress {
+
+  public void setProgress(double progress);
+
+  double getProgress();
+
+  public void setStatus(String _status);
+
+  String getStatus();
+
+}