<p>Anyone doing any work using "offline" forms?  We have an application that requires inputting data from outside our company.  I was thinking about sending a form out via email, allowing the form to be filled out then sent back.  Obviously a web application would be the best solution, but management doesn't seem ready to build the infrastructure and security to support that.  I've read a little about PDF forms is that a good solution or are there other solutions?</p>

[{'answer_id': 20282, 'author': 'Vaibhav', 'author_id': 380, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/380', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Have you considered InfoPath? These can be created and distributed through email. And then the data can be collated automatically.</p>\n\n<p>Also, consider using Google Spreadsheets with Google Forms. It's free and infrastructure is outsourced.</p>\n\n<p>PDF forms can work as well.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 652943, 'author': 'Pablo Santa Cruz', 'author_id': 67606, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67606', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Another possibility is to use <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Sharepoint/default.mspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft SharePoint</a>. If your company uses Microsoft Office for the people filling the forms you referring to, you could deploy an Office based solution and gather information with <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/prodinfo/what.mspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sharepoint Server</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/bpf/overview.mspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Check this link out</a>.</p>\n'}]
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