This topic pertains only to application development in Visual Basic. See DirectInput C/C++ Tutorials.

This tutorial shows how to create a joystick device, set its properties, and retrieve immediate data. The example code is based on the Joystick sample.

The tutorial breaks down the required tasks into the following steps:

• Step 1: Enumerate and Create the Joystick
• Step 2: Get Joystick Capabilities
• Step 3: Set Joystick Properties
• Step 4: Retrieve Immediate Data from the Joystick