Prompt() dialog box

Question

I am developing a script to add a custum guides set to a Photoshop document. I use prompt() function to get input from the user.  The script works but it is not effificent when collacting the input form the user.
Is ther a an advanced prompt() dialog box that allows two or more data input fields?
or pehaps a different way to let the user enter the distance for each guide in one single dialog box?

Answer 1

Here is a script I wrote to generate a random noise pattern. It is customizable and the settings can be saved and reused. It's nothing fancy, but it has some elements in it that I think will be helpful to you. From what I gather, you can modify scripts well enough so you should have no problem getting this to work with yours.
#target photoshop
// Save the current preferences
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
var startTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;
var startDisplayDialogs = app.displayDialogs;
//Set preferences to use pixels
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
function readini() {
    var SCRIPTS_FOLDER = new Folder(app.path + '/' + localize("$$$/ScriptingSupport/InstalledScripts=Presets/Scripts"));
    ini=new File([SCRIPTS_FOLDER + "/NoiseGen.ini"]);
    if (ini.created) {
        $.evalFile(ini);
        return true;
    ini.close();
var ng= new Window("dialog{text:'Noise Generator',bounds:[100,100,500,600],\
        start:Scrollbar{bounds:[50,50,330,60] , minvalue:5,maxvalue:50,value:5},\
        stText:EditText{bounds:[340,45,370,65] , text:'5' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:false}}\
        startText:EditText{bounds:[140,70,240,90] , text:'START SIZE' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        scale:Scrollbar{bounds:[50,130,330,140] , minvalue:1,maxvalue:25,value:17},\
        scText:EditText{bounds:[340,125,370,145] , text:'17' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:false}}\
        scaleText:EditText{bounds:[140,150,240,170] , text:'SCALE AMT' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        noise:Scrollbar{bounds:[50,210,330,220] , minvalue:1,maxvalue:100,value:15},\
        nText:EditText{bounds:[340,205,370,225] , text:'15' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:false}}\
        noiseText:EditText{bounds:[140,230,240,250] , text:'NOISE AMT' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        loops:Scrollbar{bounds:[50,290,330,300] , minvalue:5,maxvalue:50,value:40},\
        lText:EditText{bounds:[340,285,370,305] , text:'40' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:false}}\
        loopText:EditText{bounds:[140,300,240,320] , text:'LOOP TIMES' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        pixelText:EditText{bounds:[80,360,245,376] , text:'Number of pixels per side:' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        sizeText:EditText{bounds:[250,360,320,376] , text:'2802' ,properties:{multiline:false,noecho:false,readonly:true}}\
        checkbox0:Checkbox{bounds:[60,385,181,406] , text:'Colorize?' }\
        save:Button{bounds:[60,410,160,430] , text:'Save as default' },\
        clear:Button{bounds:[210,410,310,430] , text:'Reset defaults' },\
        buttonOK:Button{bounds:[60,450,160,470] , text:'OK' },\
        buttonC:Button{bounds:[210,450,310,470] , text:'Cancel' },\
function getSize() {
    grBy=(ng.scale.value+100)/100;
    var i=ng.loops.value;
    var s=ng.start.value;
    while (i>1) {
        s=Math.round(s*grBy);
        i--;
    return s;
ng.stText.onChange = function() {
    this.parent.start.value = this.parent.stText.text;
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.scText.onChange = function() {
    this.parent.scale.value = this.parent.scText.text;
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.nText.onChange = function() {
    this.parent.noise.value = this.parent.nText.text;
ng.lText.onChange = function() {
    this.parent.loops.value = this.parent.lText.text;
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.start.onChanging = function() {
    var st =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.stText.text = st;
ng.scale.onChanging = function() {
    var sc =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.scText.text = sc;
ng.noise.onChanging = function() {
    var n =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.nText.text = n;
ng.loops.onChanging = function() {
    var l =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.lText.text = l;
ng.start.onChange = function() {
    var st =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.scale.onChange = function() {
    var sc =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.loops.onChange = function() {
    var l =  Math.floor(this.value);
    this.parent.sizeText.text = getSize();
ng.buttonOK.onClick = function(){
    noiseOK=true;
    ng.close();
ng.save.onClick = function(){
    ini.open('w');
    ini.writeln("startSize=" ,Math.floor(ng.start.value));
    ini.writeln("scaleSize=",Math.floor(ng.scale.value));
    ini.writeln("noiseAmt=",Math.floor(ng.noise.value));
    ini.writeln("loopNum=",Math.floor(ng.loops.value));
    ini.close();
ng.clear.onClick = function(){
    ini.remove();
    ng.start.value=5;
    ng.stText.text=5;
    ng.scale.value=17;
    ng.scText.text=17;
    ng.noise.value=15;
    ng.nText.text=15;
    ng.loops.value=40;
    ng.lText.text=40;
    ng.sizeText.text=2802;
if (readini()) {
    if (startSize) {
        ng.start.value=startSize;
        ng.stText.text=startSize;
    if (scaleSize) {
        ng.scale.value=scaleSize;
        ng.scText.text=scaleSize;
    if (noiseAmt) {
        ng.noise.value=noiseAmt;
        ng.nText.text=noiseAmt;
    if (loopNum) {
        ng.loops.value=loopNum;
        ng.lText.text=loopNum;
    ng.sizeText.text = getSize();
noiseOK=false;
ng.center();
ng.show();
if (noiseOK) {
    var docRef = app.documents.add(Math.floor(ng.start.value),Math.floor(ng.start.value),72,"Noise");
    var layerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
    var colorRef = new SolidColor;
    colorRef.rgb.red = 127.5;
    colorRef.rgb.green = 127.5;
    colorRef.rgb.blue = 127.5;
    docRef.selection.selectAll();
    docRef.selection.fill(colorRef);
    layerRef.applyAddNoise (Math.floor(ng.noise.value), NoiseDistribution.UNIFORM, true);
    grBy=UnitValue ((Math.floor(ng.scale.value)+100), '%');
    var i=Math.floor(ng.loops.value);
    while (i>0) {
        if (ng.checkbox0.value) {
            colorRef.rgb.red=Math.round(Math.random()*255);
            colorRef.rgb.green=Math.round(Math.random()*255);
            colorRef.rgb.blue=Math.round(Math.random()*255);
        docRef.resizeImage (grBy, grBy);
        layerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
        docRef.selection.selectAll();
        docRef.selection.fill(colorRef);
        layerRef.blendMode = BlendMode.SOFTLIGHT;
        layerRef.applyAddNoise (Math.floor(ng.noise.value), NoiseDistribution.UNIFORM, true);
        layerRef = layerRef.merge();
        i--;
    docRef.selection.deselect();
    docRef = null;
    layerRef = null;
ini.close();
//Set preferences back to before
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
app.preferences.typeUnits = startTypeUnits;
app.displayDialogs = startDisplayDialogs;