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CharlotteM's avatar
CharlotteM
Qrew Assistant Captain
8 years ago

conditional dropdown with add a record - populate child field from parent

I have two tables - company and contact.  One company (parent) has many contacts (child). I create a company.  Then click Add a contact.  The contact  form opens in another window - but the company...
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GilbertSpigelm2
Qrew Cadet
8 years ago
Are you using the button automatically created when you created the relationship? If it opens in a new window, it's because you have "Open Target in New Window" selected in the options portion of the field properties. The parent should always populate. You need to check the formula. Feel free to add the formula in your post.