Creating a form and an auto notification

Hi all,

I am new to the outlook programming and starting with a project where I
would like to create a public folder with a customized form. To start with a
simple form, it will have 4-5 fields. Among the fields are the Action Date,
Due Date, Author, reciepients(to field) and comments. I would like to set
up a action which will send a auto reminder email to the reciepients one week
prior to the due date.

So my questions are:
What type of starting folder/outlook fom best suitable for this project and
how to go about setting up auto reminder with one week prior to the due date.

Any details for your experience would be appriciated.
Thanks