dynamic paper form generation

Question

currently, i've got an application that needs to fill out a printable form with data. clients send me a form and i create a digital version of it. there are tons of these forms and i often need to customize them and add additional fields, etc for my clients, so they should be really simple to create and modify.

i've got a system in place, but it's really cumbersome and problematic. what are some well put together applications or libraries that can be used for this sort of thing?

Thanks!

[edit] some more specifics:

• the application is mostly windows forms
• these forms need to be dynamically generated on client machines, so i'd prefer to stay away from anything that requires a large redist package (ie crystal reports).

Answer 1

There are a ton of solutions and a ton of money spent for this problem I've personally done the following

• SQL Reporting
• Crystal Reports
• Custom outputs.
• Word Automation
• Excel Automation
• XML to XSL to different outputs
• XML to Adobe FrameMaker

Perhaps if you gave more specifics one could give a more specific answer

Answer 2

That's what Office InfoPath was designed to do. It's got an automation interface, like any Office product, easily usable from a .NET program. Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath namespace. Microsoft takes care of the redist :)