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Items added in the manner shown above display the strLabel text as the message, followed by a link that says "Go There". If you click the link, the WMC navigates to the location specified in strDestination. You can provide a custom formatted message and link by specifying the NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_CUSTOMMESSAGE  flag . See Custom link text.

 

The flags field of the NAVSETITEM structure dictates how the message bar item will be handled.

FlagDescription
NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_ICONWARNING
NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_ICONINFO
NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_ICONSHIELD
The type of icon to show. Mutually exclusive.
NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_NOTIFYNotify the item of the click as opposed to navigating to the location. Calls the NavItemNotify handler of the notification interface supplied in NavInsertItem, passing in the strDestination as the FQL. Without this flag the default behaviour is to go to a navigation location.
NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_CUSTOMMESSAGE Specify to supply message text with an embedded link with customised text. See below for details.

Custom link text 
Anchor
CustomLinkText
CustomLinkText

The default link text is Go There but it can be customised by providing your own message string with your link text surrounded by the <a></a> tags when inserting the element. To use a custom message you need to set the By default a message bar item contains user-supplied text followed by a hyperlink with the text Go There. You can supply a custom message that allows you to set the hyperlink text as well as place it anywhere within the message. To do so set the flag NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_CUSTOMMESSAGE in flags field of the NAVSETITEM structure and provide a message in strLabel, enclosing the hyperlink portion in <a></a> tags. e.g.

Code Block
void AddMessageBarItem(LPCWSTR text, LPCWSTR link)
{
	// First get the root of the MESSAGEBAR domain
	NAVSETITEM messageBarRootData;
	memset(&messageBarRootData, 0, sizeof(NAVSETITEM));
	if( !NavGetItem(_T("MESSAGEBAR"), &messageBarRootData) )
	{
		return;														// Failed to find MESSAGEBAR root
	}
	NavHandle messageBarRoot = messageBarRootData.hItem;
 
	NAVSETITEM newItem;
	memset(&newItem, 0, sizeof(newItem));
	newItem.flags = NI_FLAG_MESSAGEBAR_CUSTOMMESSAGE;
	newItem.EventMask = NI_EVENT_MOUSE_LCLICK;

	newItem.strLabel = L"This is the text <a>with an embedded link</a> to navigate to";
	newItem.strDestination = _T("{Notifications}");	   // where to go to
	newItem.lParam = (LPARAM)this;
	newItem.pInterface = &gTaskInterfacenotificationInterface;
	NavInsertItem(hMessageBar, _T("NotificationWarning"), &newItem);
	NavHandle messageBarItem = newItem.hItem;
}

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