[Pythonmac-SIG] PyObjC Automator Actions

[Nick Taylor]

Hi.
I've been programming in Python for a while, but I'm relatively new to  
PyObjC and Cocoa programming in general.

I've been working on an Automator action written in Python/PyObjC,  
which has so far been simple. Now I want to add an options view to the  
bundle, and Automator doesn't seem to pick up on it. I've used the  
same main.xib file that Xcode generates for regular Cocoa-based  
actions, and I'm including it using the data_files parameter on  
distutils.core.setup when I build the .action bundle using py2app. The  
setup call is included below.

setup(
    name='HelloWorld',
    plugin=['Automator.py'],
    data_files=["main.xib"],
    options=dict(py2app=dict(
        extension=".action",
        plist='Info.plist',
    )),
)

Everything builds correctly and the action is valid and runs, but the  
"Options" tab for the action in Automator is disabled.

If anyone could shed some light on where I'm going wrong it would be  
greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Nick.