diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.cpp
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index 000000000..c2e77b1f7
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+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.cpp
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+/****************************************************************
+ *  RetroShare is distributed under the following license:
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 RetroShare Team
+ *
+ *  This program 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 Street, Fifth Floor, 
+ *  Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ ****************************************************************/
+#include "hashingstatus.h"
+
+#include <QtGui>
+#include <QString>
+
+#include <QLayout>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QIcon>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QPixmap>
+
+#include "rsiface/rsiface.h"
+#include "rsiface/rspeers.h"
+#include "rsiface/notifyqt.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+HashingStatus::HashingStatus(QWidget *parent)
+ : QWidget(parent)
+{
+    QHBoxLayout *hbox = new QHBoxLayout();
+    hbox->setMargin(0);
+    hbox->setSpacing(6);
+        
+    //iconLabel = new QLabel( this );
+    //iconLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap::QPixmap(":/images/user/identitygray16.png"));
+    // iconLabel doesn't change over time, so we didn't need a minimum size
+    //hbox->addWidget(iconLabel);
+    
+    statusHashing = new QLabel( tr(""), this );
+	  //statusHashing->setMinimumSize( statusHashing->frameSize().width() + 0, 0 );
+    hbox->addWidget(statusHashing);
+
+    QSpacerItem *horizontalSpacer = new QSpacerItem(1000, 0, QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
+    hbox->addItem(horizontalSpacer);
+    
+    setLayout( hbox );
+
+}
+
+HashingStatus::~HashingStatus()
+{
+}
+
+void HashingStatus::updateHashingInfo(const QString& s)
+{
+	if(s == "")
+		statusHashing->hide() ;
+	else
+	{
+		statusHashing->setText("Hashing file " + s) ;
+		statusHashing->show() ;
+	}
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00aace1eb
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+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statusbar/hashingstatus.h
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+/****************************************************************
+ *  RetroShare is distributed under the following license:
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 RetroShare Team
+ *
+ *  This program 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 Street, Fifth Floor, 
+ *  Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ ****************************************************************/
+#ifndef HASHINGSTATUS_H
+#define HASHINGSTATUS_H
+#include "gui/MainWindow.h"
+
+
+#include <QWidget>
+
+
+class HashingStatus : public QWidget
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    HashingStatus(QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+    ~HashingStatus();
+
+public slots:
+	  void updateHashingInfo(const QString&) ;
+    
+
+private:
+    class QLabel *iconLabel, *statusHashing;
+
+};
+
+#endif