finalized application acceptance system and started making types shared across front and backend

ui/src/components/application/ApplicationForm.vue

@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ async function onSubmit(val: any) {
 
 onMounted(() => {
   if (props.data !== null) {
-    initialValues.value = { ...props.data }
+    const parsed = typeof props.data === "string"
+      ? JSON.parse(props.data)
+      : props.data;
+
+    initialValues.value = { ...parsed };
   } else {
-    initialValues.value = { ...fallbackInitials }
+    initialValues.value = { ...fallbackInitials };
   }
 })
 
@@ -76,8 +80,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
       <FormItem>
         <FormLabel>What is your date of birth?</FormLabel>
         <FormControl>
-          <DateInput :model-value="(value as string) ?? ''" :disabled="readOnly"
-            @update:model-value="handleChange" />
+          <DateInput :model-value="(value as string) ?? ''" :disabled="readOnly" @update:model-value="handleChange" />
         </FormControl>
         <FormMessage />
       </FormItem>