Question about custom fields

[waylon999]

Hello,

I am new to salesforce, so please forgive me if this is a basic question or if it has been answered elsewhere, I have been unable to find it if it has. 

I have created a new module that has a custom field for contacts and a custom field for accounts.  When I choose a contact, I would like for the account field to be automatically populated with the contacts account name.  Is this possible?  If so, can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[Jakester]

Hi Waylon,

By "new module" I assume you mean new custom object, and by "custom field for contacts" I assume you mean a Contact Lookup field on this new custom object. If you made that lookup a master-child relationship, then I think you can create a formula field on the custom object which will lookup the contact's account name.

[waylon999]

Yes, sorry about the keywords I am using.  I am coming from another system and all these things are known as different names. 

Formulas are exactly what I was looking for.  I'm not exactly sure how the Master-child relationship helps, but just using the formula seemed to do the job.

Thanks!!