Described is an integrated development environment for building an application and related methods. The integrated development environment comprises a first form corresponding to a first set of data input devices, a second form corresponding to a second set of data input devices, and a data input control. When the data input control is inserted into the first form, the application is configured to receive input data generated by a first input device from the first set. When the data input control is inserted into the second form, the application is configured to receive the input data generated by a second input device from the second set.