Start process from Portal

Hi everyone!
I need to implement process start as a link in portal. I've created and tested WSDL in NWDS. I also assigned start event for the process. So it works and starts fine from the WS navigator. Now I need to make it available in portal. I have no experience in Portal. So i found some guidelines regarding VC and WebDynpro. But I need an advise about that. I wanna know what is the best practice to implement that. I mean how is it usually done? Because the task seems pretty typical. NWDS and CE are 7.2 SP06 both.
Thanks in advance,
Peter

Well, it depends on the requirement.
If you just want to start a process and no shiny (tree control, file upload etc...) UI manipulation, you can use VC. Its very easy to develop. Also VC covers vast number of UI element, though not all provided by WD. But, if there is any complex business logic invovled , with heavy data manipulation, WD stands good.
However, for most of the cases, UI provided by VC suffice all requirements. If the purpose is just to provide basic, simple UI for submitting info and starting BPM, VC fits best.
-Abhijeet

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