> but it will prevent the action from working with older workflow files.

We can easily make this plugin 10.6+ only if that would help. Hopefully we
can get some feedback from Automator users as to when the file
extension/bundle changes.

On 9 February 2012 14:46, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Feb 9, 2012, at 6:33 AM, Adrian Hart wrote:
>
> > I have attached my daily backup script.
>
> Those have been bundled as applications so I don’t think this issue
> applies to them.
>
> I’ve installed the Automator plug-in and created a dummy workflow, and I
> can reproduce the problem.
>
> The “Execute Workflow” action is set up to work for files ending in
> `.workflow`. Automator saves workflows as bundles (which are actually
> folders). I’m guessing Apple changed the format at some point.
>
> We just need to update the plug-in to look for “folderTypes” instead of
> “directFileTypes”, which is a pretty simple fix, but it will prevent the
> action from working with older workflow files. (The ones that are literally
> files.) Any heavy Automator users know if that will cause a problem? Or is
> everyone using the new format at this point?
>
> --
> Rob McBroom
> <http://www.skurfer.com/>
>
>

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