Open file in Excel 2016 using AppleScript

Question

In Excel 2016, the following AppleScript:

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    activate
    open "Macintosh HD:Users:path:to:file"
end tell

opens a dialog asking the user to grant access With previous Excel's versions, the file opened immediately. It seems that Microsoft doesn't allow any more to open a file from a script without the express user permission.
Is there a way to bypass the dialog?

Answer 1

Use a file object or an alias object instead of a string

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    activate
    open file "Macintosh HD:Users:path:to:file"
    -- or --> open alias "Macintosh HD:Users:path:to:file"
end tell

When you have a POSIX path, you can use this (open POSIX file "..." doesn't work)

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    activate
    set my_file to POSIX file "/Users/name/path/to/file"
    open my_file
end tell