Message Properties dialog box

Use this dialog box to find out more about a specific message. To display this dialog box, move the focus to a Messages view window. Select any message node in the tree, then choose Properties from the View menu.

The General tab is the only tab displayed. The following settings are available:

• Window Handle: The unique ID of this window. Window handle numbers are reused; they identify a window only for the lifetime of that window. Click this value to view the properties of this window.
• Nesting Level: Depth of nesting of this message, where 0 is no nesting.
• Message: Number, status, and name of the selected windows message.
• lResult: The value of the lResult parameter, if any.
• wParam: The value of the wParam parameter, if any.
• lParam: The value of the lParam parameter, if any. This value is decoded if it is a pointer to a string or structure.

Related sections

• Message Options dialog box: Used to select which messages are listed in the active Messages view.
• Message Search dialog box: Used to find the node for a specific message in Messages view.
• Spy++ reference: Includes sections describing each Spy++ menu and dialog box.
• Opening Messages view from Find window: Explains how to open Messages view from the Find Window dialog box.
• Searching for a message in Messages view: Explains how to find a specific message in Messages view.
• Messages view: Displays the message stream associated with a window, process, or thread.
• Using Spy++: Introduces the Spy++ tool and explains how it can be used.