>>I am looking to build a Pinewood Derby Race database for our Cub Scout Pack. I have plans for a finish gate that involves use of the gameport/joystick (start = fire button, lane 1 = up, lane 2 = left, lane 3 = down, lane 4 = right). Has anyone found the calls to query the joystick port and find which direction/button is being pressed?
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>Here are some possible lead:
>http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/index.htm
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>In particular:
>http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/gameport.htm
>http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/joystick.htm


These are the Win32 API calls I use...

Declare INTEGER joyGetDevCaps IN winmm long,string @,long
Declare INTEGER joyGetNumDevs IN winmm
Declare INTEGER joyGetPos IN winmm long, String @
Declare INTEGER joyGetPosEx in winmm Long, string @
Declare INTEGER joyGetThreshold IN winmm long, long
Declare INTEGER joyReleaseCapture IN winmm long
Declare INTEGER joySetThreshold IN winmm long, long
Declare INTEGER joySetCapture IN winmm long, long, long, long


I've got source you can have if you can read it (it's a mess!) It works for my Microsoft Sidewinder Pro joystick at least.

- A Hilton