Hi Fred, Thanks for the testing and sorry for the delayed response.
The nickname has the same character restrictions as those for usernames and are described in the following FAQ: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=33386 Thanks, --Tony On Dec 8, 10:56 am, NCCFred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did some testing and there are my results. > > Characters allowed in Google Apps API "CreateNickname” Function" > > } Not Allowed > > { Not Allowed > ] Not Allowed > [ Not Allowed > : Not Allowed > ! Not Allowed > @ Not Allowed > # Not Allowed > $ Not Allowed > % Not Allowed > ^ Not Allowed > & Not Allowed > * Not Allowed > ( Not Allowed > ) Not Allowed > + Not Allowed > = Not Allowed > . Period Allowed > ~ Not Allowed > ? Not Allowed > < Not Allowed> Not Allowed > > | Not Allowed > / Not Allowed > , Not Allowed > _ Underscore Allowed > - Dash/hyphen Allowed > ; Not Allowed > \ Not Allowed > White Space Not Allowed > ‘ Not Allowed > .[Text]. Allowed > .. Not Allowed > > On Dec 3, 10:37 am, NCCFred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > I've been searching around with no luck. I'm in the process of > > creating a C# application that creates 25,000 Nicknames from our > > Student Information System. Our methodology is to create > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], unfortunately we are going to run into > > students with hyphenated last names and apostrophes. > > > I know based on the .NET API documentation the CreateNickname() > > accepts two strings, therefore I think it’s possible to pass the > > nickname a special character like # $ white space | [ ], etc. > > > What are some invalid Nickname characters that Google will not see as > > a valid address/nickname/alias? > > > Thanks > > Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to google-apps-apis@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
