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keyboard vs joystick: how to detect 1 by 1 -

i want to detect 2 devices, keyboard n the joystick.
i just want to make sure that when the key pressed on the keyboard ( i use keydown_event ), the program won't detect the joystick; n the joystick moved ( joystick_move event ), temporary
won't detect the keyboard.
which command can i use or how can i write it?

 

keyboard vs joystick: how to detect 1 by 1 -
i want to detect 2 devices, keyboard n the joystick. i just want to make sure that when the key pressed on the keyboard ( i use keydown_event ), the program won't detect the joystick; n the joystick moved ( joystick_move event ), temporary won't detect the keyboard. which command

keyboard vs joystick, how to lock each other -
well, i need to detect 2 signals, which 1 from keyboard n 1 from joystick. i'm using joystick_move and keydown event. however, what command i can to lock each other, that only detect 1 device at 1 time?

3rd post oledi!!! really need help! keyboard & joystick detection -
i need to write a program that can detect the keyboard and the joystick at the same time. i need to detect 4 arrow keys on the keyboard( just put 4 buttons on the form to indicate 4 directions n highlight when key pressed ). at the same time and same place or same form, i need to de

3rd post oledi! really need help!! keyboard n joystk detection -
i need to write a program that can detect the keyboard and the joystick at the same time. i need to detect 4 arrow keys on the keyboard( just put 4 buttons on the form to indicate 4 directions n highlight when key pressed ). at the same time and same place or same form, i need to de

Joystick Problem. No Idea Whats Wrong Here -
I've been using this joystick for a while with no problems. I restart my computer one day, and Windows detects its axis but not the buttons. It ignores buttons I press as if it doesn't detect them. I'm using a standard game port joystick so it shouldn't need drivers. Any ideas?

Simple Joystick Control -
Okay, maybe this joystick idea won't crash Windows 2000... I am looking for something really simple... A code that makes the joystick mimic the keyboard keys Up, Down, Left, Right, Enter and Space. No need of fancy crosshairs or anything. I will worry about fancy when it detects

help! joystick detection! urgent!! -
how to write a program that can detect the joystick and show the movements?!!!!! plis help!!!! lots of thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!

need a joystick detection's program -
this is my 2nd post oledi!! can someone plis help me to write a joystick detection's program. i just need to detect the joystick from gameport and the left, right, up and down 4 movements only, that's o!! plis, i really appreciate ur help. thanx!!!!!

Gameport With VB and NT -
This has been giving me hell for awhile now. I'm rewriting a program from VBDos to VB6, and it incorporates a pedal control hooked up to the gameport. Well, since I have no driver for the pedal, I'm using the WinNT generic joystick driver. I've downloaded an OCX joystick control fro

Detect KeyBoard Hook -
How can we detect whether keyboard is hooked or not? I mean if any of running programs has implemented keyboard hook (Global), can we detect it? This can help us determine if some spyware is running and logging keystrokes. Thanks, Ashvatthama.

How can I detect a break in a light beam -
I want to detect when a Scalextric car passes a certain point on the track I've seen this dome with a light source above the track and something set into the track to detect when the car passes I understand this is done using a light sensitive transistor set into the track and co

Scrolling through a listview with a joystick -
I know of the joystick API calls, but have no idea how to assign joystick movents. What I want is, when the user moves the joystick up/down, the selected item in the listview moves accordingly. Thanks.

Looking for a joystick example in VB .NET -
Hi, Does anyone have an example of use of a joystick in VB .NET or know where to find one? DirectInput or not...it doesn't matter. I'm just trying to use a USB joystick within my program. I don't care how I do it. Thanks, Bill

Built in Joystick port -
On my Onboard Joystick port, whatever Joystick I use one button is ALWAYS pressed? What can/should i do? THanks, Help appreciated

[VB]simulate a joystick movement with a VB program -
hi .. I need some help in VB. I have a joystick that connected to my PC and works perfect. I want to make a program that will control on my Joystick. I want information on how to simulate a joystick movement with a VB program. thanks...

How do I avoid getting a JOYERR_UNPLUGGED -
Don't bother saying "plug a joystick in"! The PC must be polling the joystick port to see a joystick is there. Any idea what it looks for? Thanks

Detect 0-4 mousebuttons & all keyboard keys -
I've made a small vb game and i need to bind a key/mousebutton to do something, for example show a scoretable. I want to be able to detect if a user-specified keyboard key/mousebutton is beeing held down! It has to work with wierd keyboard keys like: ¨'´][ (just like in FPS g

Reading joystick / 360 game pad -
Hello all, I'm using VB5. I have written a program (AutoJoy) that allows an analog joystick to be used in Far Cry. I'm trying to write a version for the 360 game pad. Problem is, I don't have one (I use a flight yoke with three analog axes). I use this to read the three analog ax

[2005] Need some DirectX with VB help please. -
Hiya, I've been trying to hunt down a routine, or some help, on the web in relation to DirectInput using DirectX 9.0c and Visual Basic 2005, but I'm having no luck. I know I could probably just "ask" for the routine, but that doesn't really help me either, as I would like

New Programmer- joystick use -
Hi I have been programming for a about 3 months now, and am ready to get some joystick functionality. I have a Microsoft sidwinder precision pro, with its included .ocx (swppro.ocx). Can anyone point me to a site with some useful information on how to use this control? I guess the f

MIDI In Out (Joystick Port) -
Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can get VB to deal with MIDI data from the joystick port? I've got a really old midi synth (Yamaha DX5) for which no editor program exists, and so I'd like to have a shot at writing my own. Just can't imagine how one would go about sending/receiving inf

joystick controller -
i'm looking for something simple the game/program i'm creating i want my joystick to do simple tasks how do i get my program to recieve and understand what my joystick is doing ex up, down, left, right, button a, button b... and so on the simpler the better

What is HID -
Dear Sirs I would like to know what about HID(HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICES). The net definition says: "A human interface device or HID is a type of computer device that interacts directly with and takes input from humans, such as the computer keyboard, computer mouse, joystick,

Detect Various Windows States -
Are there methods to detect: a. When Windows is going into standby state? b. When Windows 2000 has the keyboard locked by Ctr-Alt-Del. I already know how to detect when the screen saver is on. Basically, I would like a comprehensive solution to detect when the computer is u

VB.NET Joystick code -
Does anyone know how to read in the joystick and button presses in .net?? I cannot find any information on the web about it. Thanks J

Running External Program Question -
hello folks, prob. a pretty easy one for someone...but i can't think of a way to do it =) i am writing a front-end [menu] that calls an external .EXE with the shell command... as in shell "ZSNESW.EXE game.zip" but i need the program to wait for the external program

standard joystick code crashes on windows 2000 -
Anybody tried to detect the x and y of a joystick on windows 2000 using the joygetpos or joygetposex api calls? Code that runs fine on all other versions will crash vb completely without a peep. Try it youself with Microsoft's own sample VB code: http://support.microsoft.com/d

detect language of user's keyboard input -
how can i detect if user's keyboard input lang is diff than english.?

[2005] Detecting when the keyboard & mouse have been inactive for 1 minute on pc -
I need to detect when the mouse & keyboard have been inactive on the computer (not just my program) for about 1 minute, or if that is not possible, perhaps detect when the screen saver comes on? If anyone could tell me how I would go about this, I would appreciate it Until th

Joystick -
how can i interface with the joystick port?

USB keyboard problem -
I have just bought a USB keyboard to susbstitute a PS2 kb in a Win98 computer. After installing the drivers the kb worked fine, but then every time I reboot the computer I get this error before Windows is loaded: "Keyboard error or no keyboard". But if I connect the PS2 kb

Detect mouse move and keyboard typing -
Hi, How can I detect mouse move and keyboard typing events when my application is NOT in focus? Thanks in advance - Yossi

[2008] Beginner - How can I set joystick axis values -
Hi, first post! I'm just starting out with VB2008 Express Edition. I'm coming from PHP and have no prior experience with VB. I have a relatively simple question that I know I'm not going to find in my VB beginners book. I already have in mind what I want to build for my first piece

Help with Keyboard. -
Im tired, and i need to figure out how this pc will detect that i am using a 106 keyboard... (japanese) all the special characters are off. Good thing I dont look at the keyboard else i'll be dead.. but then i do use both english and japanese layout keyboards so sometimes i get them

Detecting Keyboard status -
Hey you guys, Does anyone know how to detect keyboard status? I really wanna know. 'Cause I want to make a status bar that display the keyboard status. So... tell me, pls. Thank you so much

Joystick Code -
I am looking for VB.Net Joystick code to read in button presses. I cannot find anything online. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks J

detect from the different input device -
pls help. i have a problem with the barcode scanner & keyboard. in VB6, can i detect which one input from barcode scanner & which one from the keyboard. thanks for attn.

detecting the keyboard scroll lock state (example) -
Hello i need a function to detect the "scroll lock state". The state is ON if the keyboard LED is ON, and the state is OFF if the keyboard LED is OFF. The code below works, but when starting another application like notepad, vb loses the focus and the scroll lock

VB6 An Easy Direct Input Class/Module (FOUND!!) Now I Need a little more easy help. -
Quote: Does anyone know where I can find a simple to use Direct Input class/module. I have setup Voice Recognition in my application. The app is used while people are playing a game to admin their server, so I'd like the option to start the Voice Recognition a

problem with joystick code -
Hello. i have been working on a project lately to allow me to control my mouse with my joypad. i know there are a ton of programs available out there that already do this, but i wanted to make my own version of it my way. now i had the main part working fine, the mouse would move in th