Advice on creating a big quote form

Hi all,
Been a while since I was last on the forum, but realised I needed some advice when it comes to creating a form a client has asked me to put on their site.
They want a quote form where there is the potential for up to 190 form fields, and where the data would be best presented to both the user and the client formatted into multiple tables.
My thinking is leading me to do it either as a customer submitted Web App that notifies administration of the 'quote' where they view the order and click print, or just to do it on a separate PHP server with something like FormTools and then load it via iframe.
I'd love to still have all the data going through BC, but the current web form builder will be an absolute nightmare for this scenario (especially the lack of formatting ability in form-activated-emails).
If you have any ideas about how I could achieve something like this I'd love to hear them.

Hey there,
First up is to review the form and number of fields. This is always my first step. 99.9% of the time they are to many and it can be greatly refined. First Name Last Name can be Full Name.
Some can be combined, some are really not needed at all etc.
Once you done that you can then assess the form. Tables - nope - Tables are for table display data, not formatting websites and forms these days. I do not know why you need a submitted web app form? A normal web form will do fine if your wanting it to go to the administrator, taking payment on that form will create an order if you need that. There is no need to use PHP 3rd party solution, that data would not go into the BC CRM without API work on top.
Lack of formatting ability on the forms - Yes, but do not issue that data into an auto responder - to much for the person, it is totally not needed. A workflow notification or any system delivering email - That amount of data is just to much, workflows are notifications and should not be used as the central means of consuming the data, that is why you have the admin and the big CRM
With the web form as well, a good design means it will work well, so you likely wont need the BC multistep form, but that is an available option as well, but like I said, good form design, possibility of tabs etc will make the form work well in terms of the UX.

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