DIDEVCAPS

The DIDEVCAPS type contains information about a DirectInput device's capabilities. This type is used with the DirectInputDevice.GetCapabilities method.

Type DIDEVCAPS
    lAxes As Long
    lButtons As Long
    lDevType As CONST_DIDEVICETYPE
    lDriverVersion As Long
    lFFMinTimeResolution As Long
    lFFSamplePeriod As Long
    lFirmwareRevision As Long
    lFlags As CONST_DIDEVCAPSFLAGS
    lHardwareRevision As Long
    lPOVs As Long
End Type

Members

lAxes

Number of axes available on the device.

lButtons

Number of buttons available on the device.

lDevType

A packed value containing information about the type and subtype of the device. The value is identical to that returned by the DirectInputDeviceInstance.GetDevType method.

lDriverVersion

The version number of the device driver.

lFFMinTimeResolution

The minimum amount of time, in microseconds, that the device can resolve when playing force-feedback effects. The device rounds any times to the nearest supported increment. For example, if the value of lFFMinTimeResolution is 1000, then the device would round any times to the nearest millisecond.

lFFSamplePeriod

The minimum time between playback of consecutive raw force commands.

lFirmwareRevision

Specifies the firmware revision of the device.

lFlags

Flags associated with the device. This value can be a combination of the constants of the CONST_DIDEVCAPSFLAGS enumeration.

lHardwareRevision

The hardware revision of the device.

lPOVs

Number of point-of-view controllers available on the device.

Remarks

The semantics of version numbers are left to the manufacturer of the device. The only guarantee is that newer versions will have larger numbers.