DIJOYSTATE

The DIJOYSTATE structure contains information about the state of a joystick device. This structure is used with the IDirectInputDevice::GetDeviceState method.

typedef struct DIJOYSTATE { 
    LONG    lX; 
    LONG    lY; 
    LONG    lZ; 
    LONG    lRx; 
    LONG    lRy; 
    LONG    lRz; 
    LONG    rglSlider[2];
    DWORD   rgdwPOV[4];
    BYTE    rgbButtons[32];
} DIJOYSTATE, *LPDIJOYSTATE; 
 

Members

lX

Information about the joystick x-axis (usually the left-right movement of a stick).

lY

Information about the joystick y-axis (usually the forward-backward movement of a stick).

lZ

Information about the joystick z-axis (often the throttle control). If the joystick does not have this axis, the value is zero.

lRx

Information about the joystick x-axis rotation. If the joystick does not have this, the value is zero.

lRy

Information about the joystick y-axis rotation. If the joystick does not have this axis, the value is zero.

lRz

Information about the joystick z-axis rotation (often called the rudder). If the joystick does not have this axis, the value is zero.

rglSlider[2]

Two additional axis values (formerly called the u-axis and v-axis) whose semantics depend on the joystick. Use the IDirectInputDevice::GetObjectInfo method to obtain semantic information about these values.

rgdwPOV[4]

The current position of up to four direction controllers (such as point-of-view hats). The position is indicated in hundredths of degrees clockwise from north (away from the user). The center position is normally reported as -1; but see Remarks. For indicators that have only five positions, dwPOV will be -1, 0, 9,000, 18,000, or 27,000.

rgbButtons[32]

Array of button states. The high-order bit of the byte is set if the corresponding button is down and clear if the button is up or does not exist.

Remarks

You must prepare the device for joystick-style access by calling the IDirectInputDevice::SetDataFormat method, passing the c_dfDIJoystick global data format variable.

If an axis is in relative mode, then the appropriate member contains the change in position. If it is in absolute mode, then the member contains the absolute axis position.

Some drivers report the centered position of the POV indicator as 65,535. Determine whether the indicator is centered as follows:

BOOL POVCentered = (LOWORD(dwPOV) == 0xFFFF);

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.