Accessing Joystick Data from Another Application

[skyfx]

Hi all,

I have a joystick connected to my Windows Vista box and I'm trying to read some data about its current position into another program (specifically, the coordinates of its 8 axes). I can see the values of all axes in the Game Controllers window of the Control Panel. Any suggestions as to how I could go about reading this data into another app?

Thx in advance for any advice !

 

[cjard]

Depends on how the joystick is presented to the system.. if it is USB i'd expect it to have a serial (COM port