res_partner_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openerp>
	<data>
        <record id="view_partner_form" model="ir.ui.view">
			<field name="name">view_partner_form</field>
			<field name="model">res.partner</field>
			<field name="type">form</field>
			<field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form" />
			<field name="arch" type="xml">
				<xpath expr="//div[@name='buttons']" position="inside">
                    <button name="%(action_shipping_hold_wiz)d" string="Place Shipping Hold"
                            type="action" attrs="{'invisible':[('shipping_hold', '=', True)]}" />
                </xpath>

                <xpath expr="//div[@name='buttons']" position="after">
                    <field name="shipping_hold" invisible="1" />
                    <div class="shipping_hold_message" attrs="{'invisible':[('shipping_hold', '!=', True)]}">
                        <h3>This account has a shipping hold on it.</h3>
                        <p>
                            <label for="shipping_hold_reason" string="Shipping Hold Reason:" />
                            <field name="shipping_hold_reason" nolabel="1" />
                        </p>
                        <p>
                            Hold placed by <field name="shipping_hold_user_id"/> on <field name="shipping_hold_date"/>.
                        </p>
                        <button name="%(action_shipping_hold_remove_wiz)d" string="Remove Shipping Hold on Account"
                            type="action" attrs="{'invisible':[('shipping_hold', '!=', True)]}" />
                    </div>
				</xpath>

                <xpath expr="/form/sheet" position="after">
                    <footer invisible="'show_footer' not in context or not context['show_footer']">
                        <button name="write" type="object" string="Save"/> or <button name="cancel" string="Cancel" special="cancel" class="oe_link"/>
                    </footer>
                </xpath>
			</field>
		</record>
    </data>
</openerp>