Listing  1. Determining if joystick is attached

MMRESULT  joy_error;	    // Joystick Status/Error
LPJOYCAPS joy_cap;	    // Joystick capabilities structure
UINT 	joysizestruct;  // Size of Joystick Structure
		       unsigned int joy_num;
 
    joy_cap = malloc(joysizestruct=sizeof(*joy_cap));
    for(joy_num=0;joy_num<16;joy_num++)
         {
	if(!(joy_error=joyGetDevCaps(joy_num,joy_cap,joy
	sizestruct)))
   	    {
                /* Found a Joystick Extract Name and axes from
	         registry*/
	     }
	 }