mingw/man/man3/SDL_JoystickOpen.3

   1 .TH "SDL_JoystickOpen" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference"
   2 .SH "NAME"
   3 SDL_JoystickOpen\- Opens a joystick for use\&.
   4 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
   5 .PP
   6 \fB#include "SDL\&.h"
   7 .sp
   8 \fBSDL_Joystick *\fBSDL_JoystickOpen\fP\fR(\fBint index\fR);
   9 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  10 .PP
  11 Opens a joystick for use within SDL\&. The \fBindex\fR refers to the N\&'th joystick in the system\&. A joystick must be opened before it game be used\&.
  12 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
  13 .PP
  14 Returns a \fBSDL_Joystick\fR structure on success\&. \fBNULL\fR on failure\&.
  15 .SH "EXAMPLES"
  16 .PP
  17 .PP
  18 .nf
  19 \f(CWSDL_Joystick *joy;
  20 // Check for joystick
  21 if(SDL_NumJoysticks()>0){
  22   // Open joystick
  23   joy=SDL_JoystickOpen(0);
  24
  25   if(joy)
  26   {
  27     printf("Opened Joystick 0
  28 ");
  29     printf("Name: %s
  30 ", SDL_JoystickName(0));
  31     printf("Number of Axes: %d
  32 ", SDL_JoystickNumAxes(joy));
  33     printf("Number of Buttons: %d
  34 ", SDL_JoystickNumButtons(joy));
  35     printf("Number of Balls: %d
  36 ", SDL_JoystickNumBalls(joy));
  37   }
  38   else
  39     printf("Couldn\&'t open Joystick 0
  40 ");
  41
  42   // Close if opened
  43   if(SDL_JoystickOpened(0))
  44     SDL_JoystickClose(joy);
  45 }\fR
  46 .fi
  47 .PP
  48 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  49 .PP
  50 \fI\fBSDL_JoystickClose\fP\fR
  51 ...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00