Index: apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
===================================================================
--- apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c	(revision 25663)
+++ apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c	(working copy)
@@ -1158,6 +1158,7 @@
     pb->have_bitmap_pb = false;
     pb->bm.data = NULL; /* no bitmap specified */
     pb->follow_lang_direction = follow_lang_direction > 0;
+    pb->draw = false;

     if (*wps_bufptr != '|') /* regular old style */
     {
@@ -1174,7 +1175,14 @@

     if (!(ptr = parse_list("sdddd", &set, '|', ptr, &filename,
                                                  &x, &y, &width, &height)))
+    {
+        /* if we are in a conditional then we probably don't want to fail
+         * if the above doesnt work. so ASSume the | is breaking the conditional
+         * and move on. the next token will fail if this is incorrect */
+        if (level > 0)
+            return 0;
         return WPS_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
+    }

     if (LIST_VALUE_PARSED(set, PB_FILENAME)) /* filename */
         pb->bm.data = (char*)filename;
Index: apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c
===================================================================
--- apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c	(revision 25661)
+++ apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c	(working copy)
@@ -609,6 +609,12 @@
         /* clear all pictures in the conditional and nested ones */
         if (data->tokens[i].type == WPS_TOKEN_IMAGE_PRELOAD_DISPLAY)
             clear_image_pos(gwps, find_image(data->tokens[i].value.i&0xFF, data));
+        else if (data->tokens[i].type == WPS_TOKEN_VOLUMEBAR ||
+                 data->tokens[i].type == WPS_TOKEN_PROGRESSBAR)
+        {
+            struct progressbar *bar = (struct progressbar*)data->tokens[i].value.data;
+            bar->draw = false;
+        }
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_ALBUMART
         if (data->albumart && data->tokens[i].type == WPS_TOKEN_ALBUMART_DISPLAY)
@@ -671,6 +677,13 @@
                 break;

 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
+            case WPS_TOKEN_VOLUMEBAR:
+            case WPS_TOKEN_PROGRESSBAR:
+            {
+                struct progressbar *bar = (struct progressbar*)data->tokens[i].value.data;
+                bar->draw = true;
+            }
+            break;
             case WPS_TOKEN_IMAGE_PRELOAD_DISPLAY:
             {
                 char n = data->tokens[i].value.i & 0xFF;
@@ -1256,7 +1269,7 @@
             while (bar)
             {
                 struct progressbar *thisbar = (struct progressbar*)bar->token->value.data;
-                if (thisbar->vp == &skin_viewport->vp)
+                if (thisbar->vp == &skin_viewport->vp && thisbar->draw)
                 {
                     draw_progressbar(gwps, thisbar);
                 }
Index: apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h
===================================================================
--- apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h	(revision 25659)
+++ apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h	(working copy)
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
     /*progressbar image*/
     struct bitmap bm;
     bool have_bitmap_pb;
+
+    bool draw;
 };
 #endif