Convert Windows Message IDs to Text

Question

Is there a hidden/undocumented API call within Windows that will convert a message ID (e.g. WM_COMMAND) into text?

I have seen suggestions on how to achieve this usi

Answer 1

In visual studio, you can add uMsg,wm in command window or immediate window to get the string representation of the message ID given by uMsg.

source : http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/v-s/debug/article.php/c1267/Convert-message-ID-to-a-string.htm (comments section)

PS: This is same link as mentioned in jack's answer. A user had commented there on the link. This technique has helped me very much in debugging Windows messages (no modification and recompilation of code is required), and therefore merits a separate answer.