PowerPoint sandboxing and placing images from Finder

[Nik]

I need some help working through a sandboxing problem which is preventing PowerPoint from accessing files in the Finder. I think this is all related to this tidbit from AppleScript’s release notes:

Note: As mentioned under Compatibility above, sandboxed applications will not be able to access files referred to in commands using a string path. Any parameters or properties in your application that refer to files should be declared as type file, and not type text. Apple Event Manager will add sandbox extensions to events that have file-like parameters, but only if the parameter is of a recognized file-like type: typeAlias, typeFileURL, cFile, and so on. Without these extensions, the file will not be accessible from the target application’s sandbox, and the command will probably fail.

Well, Powerpoint uses the File Name property for the file path, and that property is, yup, a string. Because of this, when I pass my file path from the Finder, I get prompted to give PowerPoint access to the file in question. As I have some 400 files I’m working with, this is a no-go. Here’s a shortened version of the script that’s not working for me:

tell application "Finder" to get file "Macintosh HD:Users:nftbockhorst:Desktop:file1.gif" as string

tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" to make new picture at end of slide 1 of active presentation with properties {file name:result}

Oddly enough, the code works if I just put a string directly into the command, which makes me think there may be hope:

tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" to make new picture at end of slide 1 of active presentation with properties {file name:"Macintosh HD:Users:nftbockhorst:Desktop:file1.gif"}

Any ideas on how I can work through this? Thanks in advance!

[Yvan_Koenig]

Maybe PowerPoint is unable to work with the variable result.
Try :

tell application "Finder" to get file "Macintosh HD:Users:nftbockhorst:Desktop:file1.gif" as string
set theFile to result
tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" to make new picture at end of slide 1 of active presentation with properties {file name:theFile}

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 3 novembre 2015 13:02:53