Creating a Drag n Drop Designer so users can create a Form?

Question

I'd like to create a way for my users to create Forms so they won't have to ask me to do it. Unfortunately, I am in dark, unknown territory. I envisioned it as the following:

• User can drag pre-made tables or (pre-made) custom rows.
• Once the user has created the layout, he will save the layout and deploy to the server.
• Other users will then be able to access the new Form which will have textboxes, radiobuttons, and checkboxes.
• Lastly, users will be able to save and load that Form Data anytime they access the Form.

Anyone can point me in the right direction or give me a quick summary of what I'll need to accomplish this task? It will be much appreciated.

At this point, I'd like to do it in WinForms, WPF, or Silverlight. I know the tech is different but the overall approach should be same (I'm hoping).

Answer 1

Rather than building an application for form-filling, consider using Microsoft Infopath.

If Infopath is too expensive to deploy, you may use the form functionality in Microsoft Word instead. Here's a tip to save data from Microsoft Word forms to the database.