Force.com Platform Fundamentals

Preface
Introducing the Force.com Platform
About the Sample Recruiting App
Reviewing Database Concepts
Building a Simple App
Enhancing the Simple App with Advanced Fields, Data Validation, and Page Layouts
Expanding the Simple App Using Relationships
Securing and Sharing Data
Collaborating with Chatter
Using Custom Workflow and Approval Processes
Analyzing Data with Reports and Dashboards
Moving Beyond Point-and-Click App Development
Introducing Mash-Ups and Web Services
Introducing Visualforce
Implementing the Candidate Map
Implementing the Mass Update Status Button
Planning the Mass Update Status Feature
Try It Out: Create the Mass Update Status Page
Understanding the MassUpdateStatus Visualforce Markup
Try It Out: Create a Custom List Button
Try It Out: Add a Custom List Button to a Page Layout
Try It Out: Test the Mass Update Status Feature
Learning More
Glossary
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Try It Out: Add a Custom List Button to a Page Layout

Let's finish up our Mass Update Status feature by adding the Update Status list button to our Position page layouts.
  1. From Setup, click Create | Objects.
  2. Click Position.
  3. In the Page Layouts related list, click Edit next to the page layout you want to edit first.
  4. Click the wrench icon (Wrench icon) in the Job Application related list to edit its properties.
  5. In the Related List Properties window, click the Buttons bar at the bottom to expand the Buttons section.
    Custom Button Edit Page The Job Application related list properties page. The Buttons section is expanded.
Here we can specify the standard and custom buttons that the related list displays. The Update Status button we just created should appear in the Available Buttons list.
  1. Select the Update Status button and click Add to move it to the Selected Buttons list.
  2. Click OK to exit the Related List properties window.
  3. Click Save.

Repeat the above procedure for the other Position page layout.

We’re not going to enable this Visualforce page for Salesforce mobile apps. Since Salesforce1’s related lists don’t display buttons, our users won’t be able to access the Mass Update Status page from a mobile device.

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Once that's done, the Mass Update Status feature is ready to test!