Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:14:00 +0200 From: "Eckhard Stolberg" Subject: Controller names in SDL for Windows I'm working on an Atari 2600 emulator for different systems that uses the SDL. Some time ago someone created an adaptor that lets you use your old Atari controllers with your computer through the USB port. Some of the Atari controllers require special handling by the emulator, so it would be nice, if it would be possible to detect if any of the controllers connected to the computer is this adaptor. SDL would allow that with the SDL_JoystickName function, but unfortunately it doesn't work properly on Windows. On Linux and MacOSX this function returns the name of the controller, but on Windows you'll only get the name of the joystick driver. Most joysticks nowadays use the generic Microsoft driver, so they all return the same name. In an old MSDN article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarinput/html/msdn_extdirect.asp) Microsoft describes how to read out the OEM controller names from the registry. I have implemented this for the SDL controller handler on Windows, and now reading the joystick name works properly there too.

.TH "SDL_JoystickEventState" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_JoystickEventState\- Enable/disable joystick event polling
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_JoystickEventState\fP\fR(\fBint state\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function is used to enable or disable joystick event processing\&. With joystick event processing disabled you will have to update joystick states with \fI\fBSDL_JoystickUpdate\fP\fR and read the joystick information manually\&. \fBstate\fR is either \fBSDL_QUERY\fP, \fBSDL_ENABLE\fP or \fBSDL_IGNORE\fP\&.
.PP
.RS
\fBNote:  
.PP
Joystick event handling is prefered
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
If \fBstate\fR is \fBSDL_QUERY\fP then the current state is returned, otherwise the new processing \fBstate\fR is returned\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fISDL Joystick Functions\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoystickUpdate\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoyAxisEvent\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoyBallEvent\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoyButtonEvent\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_JoyHatEvent\fR\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59