Trigger Save As... dialog with Javascript?

I have a script that makes some significant changes to an Illustrator file and would like to have a "Save As..." dialog pop up at the end of the script to give the user a chance to save the changes in a location of their choosing.
I know how to trigger a Save As dialog box with AppleScript using GUI scripting, is there a way of doing this with Javascript?

In short I think you answer is NO… There is no 'showing dialog' parameter in either language. You can prompt for a location pretty much the same as 'choose folder' in AppleScript. You can however construct your own dialog using ScriptUI and have the user input some options and a place to save. I am currently working on these myself for use my scripts… Here is an example of some for Photoshop…
First dialog offers a selection of File Format to use:
On choosing you get a second dialog (with limited options) for input:

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