Thanks for your assistance. I followed your guidance to build the library into the template rather than using the plugin, then used the select element’s change() event handler to trigger the click event on the link (which was hidden).
In case anyone had the same question…
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
//initialize fancybox
jQuery(".fancybox").fancybox();
//trigger click event of FancyBox hyperlink (hidden in my case) when SELECT element value changes
jQuery(".open_contact_pop select").change(function(){
if(jQuery(this).val() != "No"){
jQuery("#contact_form_popup_link").trigger('click');
}
});
});