DIOBJECTDATAFORMAT

The DIOBJECTDATAFORMAT type contains information about a device object's data format for use with the DirectInputDevice.SetDataFormat method.

Type DIOBJECTDATAFORMAT {
    lFlags As CONST_DIDEVICEOBJINSTANCEFLAGS
    lOfs As Long
    lType As CONST_DIDFTFLAGS
    strGuid As String
End Type

Members

lFlags

Zero or more of the following values from the CONST_DIDEVICEOBJINSTANCEFLAGS enumeration.

DIDOI_ASPECTACCEL

The object selected by DirectInput.SetDataFormat must report acceleration information.

DIDOI_ASPECTFORCE

The object selected by DirectInput.SetDataFormat must report force information.

DIDOI_ASPECTPOSITION

The object selected by DirectInput.SetDataFormat must report position information.

DIDOI_ASPECTVELOCITY

The object selected by DirectInput.SetDataFormat must report velocity information.

lOfs

Byte offset within the data packet where the data for the input source will be stored. This value must be a multiple of four for Long size data, such as axes. It can be byte-aligned for buttons.

lType

Device type that describes the object. It is a combination of values from the CONST_DIDFTFLAGS enumeration describing the object type (axis, button, and so forth) and containing the object-instance number in the middle 16 bits.

strGuid

Unique identifier for the type of input source. An empty string indicates that any type of object is permissible.

The following strings can be used in place of actual GUID strings to identify the type of device object:

GUID_XAxis

GUID_YAxis

GUID_ZAxis

GUID_RxAxis

GUID_RyAxis

GUID_RzAxis

GUID_Slider

GUID_Button

GUID_Key

GUID_POV