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Getting Input from the Joystick

Getting Input from the Joystick

Declare Function joyGetPos Lib "winmm.dll" _
 (ByVal uJoyID As Long, pji As JOYINFO) As Long

Type JOYINFO
    wXpos As Long
    wYpos As Long
    wZpos As Long
    wButtons As Long
End Type


Public Function GetJSValues(x As Long, y As Long, _
 z As Long, Button1 As Boolean, Button2 As Boolean, _
 Button3 As Boolean, Button4 As Boolean)

    'Get access to the Type JOYINFO.
    Dim pos As JOYINFO

    'Get the x, y and z values.
    x = pos.wXpos
    y = pos.wYpos
    z = pos.wZpos

    'Get the status of the Buttons.
    Button1 = pos.wButtons And 1
    Button2 = pos.wButtons And 2
    Button3 = pos.wButtons And 4
    Button4 = pos.wButtons And 8
    'Follow the pattern above to get other buttons.

End Function