Omitting drop down lists if a certain drop choice is chosen

I have 5 drop down lists that have data binding to populate a text field with number values (12-34-567-89012-34). There is one choice in the first drop down list that will populate the entire numbered sequence. If that drop down choice is chosen, I would like the next 4 drop downs to be skipped. How can I do this?
Thank you,
Steve B

Something like this should work.
The attached form has three drop-downs (dd1, dd2 and dd3) each with a default value of "00". On dd1 exit event I check if "01" was chosen. If so I set dd2 and dd3 access to "protected" and their values to "00".
// form1.page1.subform1.dd1::exit - (JavaScript, client)
if (form1.page1.subform1.dd1.rawValue == "01") {
          form1.page1.subform1.dd2.access = "protected";
          form1.page1.subform1.dd3.access = "protected";
          form1.page1.subform1.dd2.rawValue = "00";
          form1.page1.subform1.dd3.rawValue = "00";
else {
          form1.page1.subform1.dd2.access = "";
          form1.page1.subform1.dd3.access = "";
The text field tf calculate event checks dd1. If dd1 is "01" is sets tf to "12-34-56". If dd1 is not "01" it concantenates dd1, dd2 and dd3.
// form1.page1.subform1.tf::calculate - (JavaScript, client)
if (form1.page1.subform1.dd1.rawValue == "01") {
          this.rawValue = "12-34-56";
else {
          this.rawValue = form1.page1.subform1.dd1.rawValue + "-" +
                    form1.page1.subform1.dd2.rawValue + "-" +
                    form1.page1.subform1.dd3.rawValue;
Steve

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