The information in this topic pertains only to applications written in C++. See DirectInput Visual Basic Tutorials.

This section contains four tutorials, each providing step-by-step instructions for implementing basic DirectInput functionality in a C or C++ application.

• Tutorial 1: Using the Keyboard

  The first tutorial shows how to add DirectInput keyboard support to an existing application.

• Tutorial 2: Using the Mouse

  The next tutorial takes you through the steps of providing DirectInput mouse support in an application. The tutorial is based on the Scrawl sample, and focuses on buffered data.

• Tutorial 3: Using the Joystick

  This tutorial shows how to enumerate all the joysticks connected to a system, how to create and initialize DirectInputDevice objects for each of them in a callback function, and how to retrieve immediate data. Sample code is based on the Space Donuts sample.

• Tutorial 4: Using Force Feedback

  The final tutorial illustrates the creation and manipulation of a simple effect on a force-feedback joystick.