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Help using Standard Controller for Custom Object to create multiple custom object records from list button?

Hi all,

I am attempting to create a Visualforce page where users can add multiple child records at once. I want to add a list button to the related list on the parent object. Both are custom objects.

The parent object in this scenario Sessions__c and the child object is Class_Enrollments__c. Not sure if this is applicable, but Sessions__c is the child of Groups_and_Classes__c.

I am new to development, so I reworked some code based on code I found online. Basically, I want users to be able to click a "Add Class Enrollments" button on the Class Enrollments list. I want this to take them to a Visualforce page where they can add as many rows as needed, populating the Youth Name, Attendance, and Participation Note fields.

The code worked when I used the custom controller. However, when I tried to add the list button, I realized that it was not available in Content because I used a custom controller. I tried to amend the code for the Standard Controller, but I keep getting errors. Here is my original code:

<apex:page controller="AddingEnrollmentsController">
    <apex:form >
        <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!0}"  />
        <apex:pageBlock >
            <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!0}"  />  
            <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!Class_EnrollmentsList}" var="CE">
                <apex:facet name="footer">
                    <apex:commandLink value="Add" action="{!insertRow}"/>
                </apex:facet>
                <apex:column headerValue="Youth Name">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Youth_Name__c}"/>
                </apex:column>
                <apex:column headerValue="Attendance">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Attendedance__c}"/>
                </apex:column>
                 <apex:column headerValue="Participation Notel">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Participation_Note__c}"/>                        <apex:column headerValue="Delete" >
                    <apex:commandLink style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;color:red;" value="X" action="{!delRow}">
                        <apex:param value="{!rowNum}" name="index" />
                    </apex:commandLink>
                    <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!rowNum+1}"/>
                </apex:column>          
            </apex:pageBlockTable>
            <apex:pageBlockButtons >
                <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!insertClass_Enrollments}"/>
            </apex:pageBlockButtons>
        </apex:pageBlock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

public class AddingEnrollmentsController {
    Id SessionId;
    public List<Class_Enrollments__c> Class_EnrollmentsList {get;set;}
    public Integer rowNum{get;set;}
    
    public AddingEnrollmentsController(){
        SessionId = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('SessionId');
        Class_EnrollmentsList = new List<Class_Enrollments__c>();  
        Class_EnrollmentsList.add(new Class_Enrollments__c());      
    }
    
    public void insertClass_Enrollments(){
        insert Class_EnrollmentsList;
    }
    
    public void insertRow(){
        Class_EnrollmentsList.add(new Class_Enrollments__c()); 
    }
    
    public void delRow(){
        rowNum = Integer.valueOf(apexpages.currentpage().getparameters().get('index'));
        Class_EnrollmentsList.remove(rowNum);   
    }
}

When previewing this, it looks great, except the delete doesn't work. 

When I try to update it to the Standard Controller, however, I get this error:

Error: Unknown property 'Class_Enrollments__cStandardController.classenrollmentsList'

I have tried formatting that list element every way I can imagine (Class_EnrollmentsList, Class_Enrollments__cList, Class_Enrollments__c_List, etc.), and it still won't work. 

Here is the updated code:

<apex:page standardController="Class_Enrollments__c" recordSetVar="classenrollments">
    <apex:form >
        <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!0}"  />
        <apex:pageBlock >
            <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!0}"  />  
            <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!classenrollmentsList}" var="CE">
                <apex:facet name="footer">
                    <apex:commandLink value="Add" action="{!insertRow}"/>
                </apex:facet>
                <apex:column headerValue="Youth Name">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Youth_Name__c}"/>
                </apex:column>
                <apex:column headerValue="Attendance">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Attendedance__c}"/>
                </apex:column>
                 <apex:column headerValue="Participation Notel">
                    <apex:inputField value="{!CE.Participation_Note__c}"/> 
                <apex:column headerValue="Delete" >
                    <apex:commandLink style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;color:red;" value="X" action="{!delRow}">
                        <apex:param value="{!rowNum}" name="index" />
                    </apex:commandLink>
                    <apex:variable var="rowNum" value="{!rowNum+1}"/>
                </apex:column>          
            </apex:pageBlockTable>
            <apex:pageBlockButtons >
                <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!insertclassenrollments}"/>
            </apex:pageBlockButtons>
        </apex:pageBlock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Help?? I'm so new to this that I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated!