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FlightGear uses PLIB to provide Joystick interface and information, but recently PLIB has been failing to find the NAME of the Joystick. The normal WIN32 system API functions only return the generic name of the drive, like [Microsoft PC-joystick driver], and NOT the name of Joystick.
After some searching around I found some code which WILL give me the actual NAME of the Joystick. In my case it is [Logitech Extreme 3D]. This is found by doing an enumeration using the DirectInput8 (DirectX) interface also provided. At present the code only returns the NAME of the first functioning Joystick found, but it could easily be extended to complete the enumeration, and get all names if more than one Joystick was attached.
I have found this code functions in XP, and Vista ... The joyinfo.EXE below prints out information from the standard API, but then goes on to attempt to get the correct name from the DirectX interface ... and prints out the name it finds ...
Some downloads ... as usual, take care downloading and running things from the web. It is highly recommended that you download the source, and compile it yourself. Microsoft offers an 'Express Edition' for free, of their C/C++ IDE tools ...
| Date | File | Size | Notes | Digest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct, 2008 | joyinfoe01.zip | 3,995 | Runtime | 599238cf656aef5bba86e77b7d75978b |
| Oct, 2008 | joyinfo-01.zip | 6,460 | Source | c59a8e95aef5ac14fdd1b8063e11f9aa |
Have fun ;=))