Examples of a "configurator" app

[theusch]

I am starting on an app that I'd call a "configurator", but searches on that term hit an area unrelated to my need.

 

The quickest example I can come up with is customizing a PC purchase at Dell:

-- Select a base model

-- Select case options

-- Select internal options (e.g. CPU)

-- Select modules

-- Select accessories and add-ons

...

-- Construct sales order with line items and pricing

 

As with configuring the computer, some selections depend on others.

 

In my app case, an industrial control system is ordered "semi-custom": Select a base system; select a case; select input modules; select output modules; select connectors; select external add-ons ("accessories").

 

It is kind of like a shopping-cart app, but it is NOT a Web app; stand-alone C#.

 

Any suggestions on keywords to use to search for this type of app?

 

If I start from scratch, any suggestions? An elaborate TreeView? Perhaps a split-container with the TreeView on one side representing the configuration so far, and a tab panel on the other, each panel having a few selections via radio buttons, drop-downs, and the like?

 

In my .NET work so far (as a .NET newbie pretty much), I've always found what I was searching for--eventually. Code snippets, complete apps, answers to questions as here. The hard part is knowing the best search term(s); once found they take you to a wealth of prior work.

 

TIA.

 

Lee