When I went to install SQL Express the other day, I couldn't find Full-text indexing. Our immediate reaction was that Microsoft must have removed it as a "free component" in SQL Express. But after some further checking, it turns out that Full-text indexing is still available.

There are actually 2 versions of SQL Server 2005 Express. Both are free to download. You can download all versions here:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/2005/sql/download/default.aspx

You can manage contacts in Microsoft Outlook (2000 or higher) using C# and Outlook COM Interop. Microsoft has made it easy with Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. There is an interop class library already available in Visual Studio so you don't have the generate the Interop wrapper yourself. In order to set this up, the first step is to add a reference to the Outlook Interop DLL in your .NET C# project. Go to "Add References" and choose the following:

There are so many tutorials online about Forms Authentication or other auth methods in ASP.NET that it is sometimes hard to wade through and get what you need. I've made a very simple wrapper class that you can include in your ASP.NET project to give you out of the box, basic forms authentication.

I was trying different components and methods of generating a PDF dynamically using C# and ASP.NET. There are quite a few pay-for

components with prices ranging between $250 and $1,000+ for a license. These pay-for products do a great job and some of them can

generate very complex PDF documents. But I just needed something that would generate simple PDF documents without too much in the way

of formatting.

There are also quite a few open source projects that provide rudimentary support for PDF creation. Many are pretty limited in their