I've whipped up a patch - Hopefully, your connected to the CVS:
After I do some of my own testing, I'll contact RB to see about applying it.
BasicCompanions.py.patch
Index: BasicCompanions.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/boa-constructor/boa/Companions/BasicCompanions.py,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21...
2009-02-17 04:56:08 UTC in Boa Constructor - wxPython GUI Builder