-- make-bg-slide.applescript -- Calls the MakeBgImageSlide VBA macro: clone a comic template slide, swap its -- background fill to an image, retitle, save a 1-slide deck. -- osascript make-bg-slide.applescript <outPath> on run argv if (count of argv) < 5 then error "Expected 5 args: basePath templateNum imagePath title outPath" tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" activate with timeout of 1800 seconds set rc to run VB macro macro name "MakeBgImageSlide" list of parameters {item 1 of argv, item 2 of argv, item 3 of argv, item 4 of argv, item 5 of argv} end timeout end tell if (rc as string) starts with "ERROR" then error (rc as string) & " — confirm DeckOps.pptm is open with macros enabled and Automation consent granted." return "MakeBgImageSlide returned: " & rc end run