An appropriate input form to capture details

Question

Hi
I have a C# programme that captures client details for reporting purposes. What I would like to do is have some kind of input form that can be sent by users to clients. The idea is that once the clients have entered their detials and sent them back to the user, the user can then load the details into the C# application.
I have looked into the following ideas but have had limited success implementing them:
1. Send a word xml form(with an xml schema attached) which can then have its xml data read by the app once completed.
2. Send an html file with an input form which can then save a return the details as an xml file(and then obviously read in by the app).
The information will be sensitive so encyrption of some kind would definatly be required.
Can anyone give any recommendations on how to accomplish my goal or on how I can successfully implement the above to options?
Thanks

Sam Hobbs · Answer

You say send a Word XML form or a HTML file. Can you send an application written in C# or VB .Net? If so then all you need to do is to send back XML files. You could use XML encryption or some other kind of encryption. How complex is the data? Can it be represented in a single table or is there just one instance of each field? If there would be more than one instances of multiple types of data which would require more than one table then that would be more complicated but that would not affect the general solution I think.