Complete InfoPath form without InfoPath external customer

I have installed and setup SharePoint 2013 Enterprise and have been using InfoPath form libraries without any issues
I need to create a form that our customers will complete but not all of our customers will have InfoPath installed.
I tried to use the email form but did not show the form in Outlook, instead it just displayed the xml code
My question is what is the best type of from to create and how to allow external customers to view and complete the form
Thanks

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want users to create and view an InfoPath form when the computer doesn't install InfoPath application. Is it right?
You can design the form using InfoPath in your computer, then publish the form to a SharePoint site. And when you publish, make sure you select "Enable this form to be filled out by using browser". Then after you publish it, users can create or
view or edit the form using browser.
More information, you can refer to the link:
http://aryannava.com/2011/05/15/creating-form-in-infopath-2010-and-publishing-to-sharepoint-2010/
Best Regards,
Wendy
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So this is new... InfoPath 2013 on SharePoint 2013: Create a New Custom List, Edit Form in InfoPath, Attempt to Publish and...

InfoPath blows up with an error message saying "Invalid form template"...
No, I do not have any added data connections in the form.
No, I have not added any fields or done any modifications of any kind to the form.
I am doing exactly these steps:
Open SPD
Create a New Custom List
Open List in SPD
Click "Design Forms in InfoPath" (Item)
Form opens in InfoPath 2013
Click Publish (or Quick Publish...doesn't matter)
See error message
This wasn't a problem in my environment liiike, a week ago..? The only thing that's different is that I installed some security patches on the servers this morning...
KB2737989
KB2956153
KB2956180
KB2881078
KB2760361
KB2956175
KB2956183
KB2956143
KB2920731
KB2956181
KB2760554
KB2760508
KB2880473
KB3048778

Hi ramz,
Also you can try to check if there are more useful ULS logs related to InfoPath issue according to the time of this error "Invalid form template" occured, it could help troubleshoot the issue.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/opal/archive/2009/12/22/uls-viewer-for-sharepoint-2010-troubleshooting.aspx
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