Description
Visual Studio allows to specify the watch format by appending ,n to the variable name.
E.g. foo,x is displayed hexadecimal, bar,s is displayed as string (char array)
An overview is available here (mostly printf-compatible):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/75w45ekt.aspx
PS: Also note the "pointer as array specifier" that allows to specify the number of elements displayed: pBuffer,[32]