Multiple Guide Sets in Photoshop

I've been able to find very little documentation (mostly just user requests) about having multiple guide sets in Photoshop. I really think this would be a useful tool. Has anyone heard anything about this feature (maybe in upcoming versions - can it be done another way)?

J Baloney, did I push a button? First of all, I find it a little silly (and sad) you retracted/edited your original reply to me of "Good luck, level 12 guru. Be sure to look out for my noise in your next post. I'll make sure it's level one for you next time, punk." I don't know... maybe you realized I wasn't talking directly to you or about your replies, or maybe you realized calling me a punk was you just being hypocritical. You see, that's what the phrase "in general" means (that something isn't directly in response to the current conversation or topic). I even said so in what you quoted me as saying in your reply above.
When you opened your reply (actually, it was your edited reply from what I pasted above) with "That's because the majority of your posts are feature requests.", you should have just left it at that.Now that I think about it - how the hell do you know what the majority of my posts are about - are you keeping track? If that's what you think (the majority of my posts...), doesn't it stand to reason I don't need a bunch of replies about possible solutions that (I think) any knowledgeable Photoshop user would have thought about in the first place? If you think about it, by the time you chimed in, I had already said (at least twice) how a series of actions would not benefit my issue. Then you throw in a lesson about how I should "Try reading the responses with the mindset... when they might be wrong" - thanks for the lesson, coach. I don't believe I said any response was "wrong" - I'm pretty sure I only went so far as to say how that particular response was either not really related to the core of the issue or that the response was more of a "band-aid" than a permanent solution (even temporary). I bet you watch CNN because that whole network likes to reword what's said to fit whatever point they are trying to make.
Good luck. Be sure to look out for my noise in your next post. I'll make sure it's level one for you next time, grand master. I've got say I do take delight in knowing that PS employees who cruise
this forum skip over queries with multiple posts, as they take that to
mean it's been answered.
Thank you for proving my point to... the... "T". Not only is it childish of you to claim you are going to follow me around this forum (maybe you already do since you know what the majority of my topics are about) just to add a bunch of "noise" to my posts, you bring up the exact reason I don't want a bunch of people replying with suggestions that (if they would have thought) aren't a future-forward solution. The more time I have to waste in replying (kind of like the time I've wasted with this reply) with how a user's suggestion wouldn't work for me (and I also take the time to explain why), the less likely I'm going to get an answer or suggestion by someone who might actually have either experienced what I am talking about or can read between the lines enough to know what I'm looking for in an answer. I don't come in here looking for a fight or for pointless arguments (even though arguments can sometimes yield in a solution no one would have thought about by being totally nice), but sometimes the arrogance from people (when they are told their answer isn't what I was looking for) takes over the whole post and nothing gets solved. Simply put, your idea/reply just wasn't what I was looking for - not to mention you basically regurgitated what JJMack already said.
Jesus, I think I will just go back to the days I actually talked directly to the software engineers and had a lot of success as part of a group of beta testers - there are several programs out there in which my ideas are a part of (although I haven't done so with Adobe - become a beta tester). People on these forums take things too personal and get their feelings hurt and I end up appearing to be the bad person to others who simply skim the surface in reading some of these posts.
Oh, and what you're really looking for is a grid.
Uh, that would be a "no" - I'm looking for a way to have "multiple guide line sets" (as the topic states) - nothing to do with grids - but good effort [is this what you wanted to hear even though you are way off-topic]?
In case you're not familiar with google. Oops, level one hint dropped. Awww, snap.
Google? What on earth is that? Where would I be able to buy one of those things? Do they have multiple guide line sets I could use?
To close - my analogy [you may have to look up that word] of level 1 and level 12 was not meant to imply I'm any "grand master" or "punk guru". It was to emphasize how some responses I read (from other forums/posts) can sometimes be so out of touch with the actual topic, and as you mentioned, the more responses a topic gets, the less likely the ones who "really" know the answer would be inclined to read the topic. So, if it is your desire to discombobulate [another word for you to look up] me and sabotage my posts by adding your "noise", at least I have it in your writing so I can forward to Adobe forum moderators.
Now, to JJMack
If you want help with available Photoshop versions use the Photoshop Windows, Photoshop Macintosh and Photoshop Scripting Forums.The way I see it your posting to the wrong forum.
I'm not posting in the wrong forum - I think I can discern where my particular issue should go. At the time of my original post, I wasn't requesting for a feature - I was asking if anyone had heard about multiple guide sets and/or if anyone had heard about this being talked about for future releases. Now, if/when I would have been told this was not a current feature and/or they had never heard anyone else talking about it, THEN I would have thought to search for the website to request the function.
Anyway, I'm done with this topic. I will just use 2 separate documents (if needed) in order to have different sets of guide lines. The funny thing is all this time has been wasted on an instance that's only come up one time with me. I just thought there might be an easier way to accomplish my issue for any future needs. I think I will just tell the client "one version only, next"! That's what you call a joke/humor just in case you read that wrong too.

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Multiple guide sets

In another thread a poster asked about multiple guide sets:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4062904#4062904
It would seem that this should be fairly simple to achieve with writing guides’ properties into the metadata (possibly a dedidcated layer’s xmpMetaData) in sets and subsequently loading them from there.
One could even do just one dialog with an entry field for entering a name when saving a guide set and a dropDownList to load or remove such sets.
So I wonder if anybody either has already done something like this or has a (better) idea on the issue?
Thanks for any feedback.

Just a couple of amendments to it...
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
// Photoshop CS5 or better
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
// Set up metadata namespace
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var psNamespace = "http://ns.ps-scripts.com/1.0/";
var psPrefix = "psscripts:";
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existingGuidePresets = [];
existingGuidePresets = getGuideArray();
var guides = app.activeDocument.guides;
var gH = '';
var gV = '';
for( var g = 0; g < guides.length; g++ ){
 if(guides[g].direction.toString() == 'Direction.HORIZONTAL'){
 gH+=(parseInt(guides[g].coordinate.value));
 gH+=',';
 }else{
 gV+=(parseInt(guides[g].coordinate.value));
 gV+=','
gH=gH.replace(/,$/,'');
gV=gV.replace(/,$/,'');
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
var win = new Window( 'dialog', 'Custom Guides' );
g = win.graphics;
var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 1]);
g.backgroundColor = myBrush;
win.p1= win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.g1 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1.orientation = "row";
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext',undefined,'Custom Guides');
win.title.alignment="fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia","BOLDITALIC",22);
win.g5 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g5.orientation = "row";
win.g5.alignment='fill';
win.g5.spacing=10;
win.g5.st1 = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'Existing Presets');
win.g5.dd1 = win.g5.add('dropdownlist');
win.g5.dd1.preferredSize=[300,20];
for(var w in existingGuidePresets){
 win.g5.dd1.add('item',existingGuidePresets[w].toString().match(/[^#]*/));
win.g5.dd1.selection=0;
win.g10 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g10.orientation = "row";
win.g10.alignment='fill';
win.g10.spacing=10;
win.g10.bu1 = win.g10.add('button',undefined,'Remove Preset');
win.g10.bu2 = win.g10.add('button',undefined,'Use and Append Guides');
win.g10.bu3 = win.g10.add('button',undefined,'Use and Remove Guides');
win.g15 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g15.orientation = "row";
win.g15.alignment='fill';
win.g15.st1 = win.g15.add('statictext',undefined,'New Preset Name');
win.g20 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g20.orientation = "row";
win.g20.alignment='fill';
win.g20.spacing=10;
win.g20.et1 = win.g20.add('edittext');
win.g20.et1.preferredSize=[300,20];
win.g20.bu1 = win.g20.add('button',undefined,'Add New Preset');
win.g200 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g200.orientation = "row";
win.g200.bu1 = win.g200.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
win.g200.bu1.preferredSize=[350,30];
win.g10.bu1.onClick=function(){//Remove preset
if(existingGuidePresets.length == 0) return;
existingGuidePresets.splice(win.g5.dd1.selection.index,1);
win.g5.dd1.removeAll();
for(var w in existingGuidePresets){
 win.g5.dd1.add('item',existingGuidePresets[w].toString().match(/[^#]*/));
win.g5.dd1.selection=0;
putGuideArray(existingGuidePresets);
win.g10.bu2.onClick=function(){//Use and append guides
if(existingGuidePresets.length == 0) return;
win.close(0);
var ar1 = existingGuidePresets[win.g5.dd1.selection.index].toString().split('#');
var Hor = ar1[1].toString().split(',');
var Ver = ar1[2].toString().split(',');
for(var H in Hor){
 activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.HORIZONTAL,new UnitValue(Number(Hor[H]),'px'));
for(var V in Ver){
 activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.VERTICAL,new UnitValue(Number(Ver[V]),'px'));
win.g10.bu3.onClick=function(){//Use and remove existing guides
if(existingGuidePresets.length == 0) return;
win.close(0);
clearGuides();
var ar1 = existingGuidePresets[win.g5.dd1.selection.index].toString().split('#');
var Hor = ar1[1].toString().split(',');
var Ver = ar1[2].toString().split(',');
for(var H in Hor){
 activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.HORIZONTAL,new UnitValue(Number(Hor[H]),'px'));
for(var V in Ver){
 activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.VERTICAL,new UnitValue(Number(Ver[V]),'px'));
win.g20.bu1.onClick=function(){//New preset
if(app.activeDocument.guides.length == 0){
 alert("No guides exist");
 return;
if(win.g20.et1.text == ''){
 alert("You need to enter a name for the new preset");
 return;
win.close(0);
currentGuides = win.g20.et1.text + "#" + gH + "#" + gV;
existingGuidePresets.push(currentGuides);
putGuideArray(existingGuidePresets);
win.center();
win.show();
function getGuideArray(){
var xmp;
var newGuideArray=[];
xmp = new XMPMeta( app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData );
var Count = xmp.countArrayItems(psNamespace, "GuideArray");
for(var i = 1;i <= Count;i++){
newGuideArray.push(xmp.getArrayItem(psNamespace, "GuideArray", i).toString());
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function putGuideArray(gArray){
var xmp;
xmp = new XMPMeta( app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData );
xmp.deleteProperty(psNamespace, "GuideArray");
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 var id559 = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
 var id560 = charIDToTypeID( "Al " );
 ref70.putEnumerated( id558, id559, id560 );
 desc102.putReference( id557, ref70 );
 executeAction( id556, desc102, DialogModes.NO );
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