10 dropdowns in 1 frame

I'm trying to create something like a combination lock. There
will be 10 dropdown boxes with the same words (car, bike, dog.)in
each. They are to be lined up next to each other. The user must
choose the correct order across the 10 boxes. For example, box one
should be dog and box 2 should be car. I would like to go with the
simple dropdowns on most webpages for something like choosing your
state (like the zoom % on the bottom of the director stage), but
the dropdown from the director library doesn't have the little
arrow. When I put 2 boxes next to each other they did not work
independently. Whatever I did to one would set the other.
I'm going to need guidance though this, as I have never done
anything like this. After I have my boxes I will have to collect
the settings that the user chose and compare them to the one
correct order. I don't need to tell them where they went wrong or
how many they got right. It's all or nothing. Could someone please
get me started. I would first like to know how to create a drop
down with the little arrow to open the dropdown menu. Then how to
create 2 that work independantly of each other.
Thank you.

> I would first like to know how to create a drop
> down with the little arrow to open the dropdown menu.
Perhaps using the OSControl Xtra?
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http://xtras.openspark.com/index.php?page=OSC_home>

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