IDirectInputDevice::GetDeviceInfo

The IDirectInputDevice::GetDeviceInfo method obtains information about the device's identity.

HRESULT GetDeviceInfo(
  LPDIDEVICEINSTANCE pdidi  
);

Parameters

pdidi: Address of a DIDEVICEINSTANCE structure to be filled with information about the device's identity. An application must initialize the structure's dwSize member before calling this method.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is DI_OK.

If the method fails, the return value may be one of the following error values:

DIERR_INVALIDPARAM

DIERR_NOTINITIALIZED

Remarks

For compatibility with DirectX 3, it is also valid to pass a DIDEVICEINSTANCE_DX3 structure with the dwSize member initialized to sizeof(DIDEVICEINSTANCE_DX3). For more information, see Designing for Previous Versions of DirectInput.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Use version 5.0 or later.
  Windows: Use Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in dinput.h.
  Import Library: Use dinput.lib.