Spawn templates based on drop down selection

Question

Hello, I currenly have buttons on my PDF that, when selected, will generate a template after the current page. I want to switch this to a drop down list so it doesn't crowd the PDF. Would someone be able to help me with this? As an example, I have 3 drop down items (MT, UT, RT), when I select one, I want the appropriate template to spawn. The templates are names the same as the drop down item selections. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

PDF Automation Station · Accepted Answer

numPages should have an upper case P.  The script should be:this.getTemplate(event.value).spawn(this.numPages,true,false);Does your dropdown have export values?

PDF Automation Station · Answer

In the dropdown options tab select "Commit selected value immediately", then write a custom validation script the same as your button sript, but use event.value as the name of the template.  Do you want the spawned pages deleted if the user THEN selects a different value in the dropdown, or do you want it to keep spawning templates without deleting previous ones?

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