Initiating the process from the VB application

In this section, we'll create a form in the VB application that will allow us to initiate the registered TravelReimbursement process.

The following are the steps to initiate the process from VB:

1. Open the initiate-process-start page under the chapter10 web application.
2. Open the Variables tab and create five variables of the String type with the ID firstName, lastName, travelReason, travelStartDate, and travelEndDate, and one variable of the Number type with the ID amount.
3. Go to the Page Designer tab of the page, drag and drop the Heading component on the page, and change the Text property to Raise Travel Reimbursement.
4. Drag and drop the Form Layout component just below the Heading component, and change the Max Columns property to 2.
5. Configure the UI component under Form Layout as per the following table:
   

   Table 10.1 – List of UI components

6. Drag and drop the Button component after the Form Layout...