DIConfig Sample

Description

The DIConfig code demonstrates the implementation of a configuration user interface based upon the Microsoft?DirectInput?Mapper technology. This sample code is very complex and is intended to be used more as a reference implementation than as a learning tool.

Path

Source: (SDK root )\Samples\C++\DirectInput\DIConfig

Executable: None (see Programming Notes ).

User's Guide

This sample does not create an executable file, so there are no end-user instructions.

Programming Notes

This code generates Diconfig.dll, a binary file that contains all of the functionality used in the default Mapper user interface (UI). This code is very complex and is intended as a reference implementation of a DirectInput-based configuration user interface.

For more information about this sample, see the comments within the sample code itself. The following major features are supported.

• Display of device images.
• Reconfiguration of devices.
• Support for multiple device views to illustrate alternate viewing angles.
• Support for control activation overlays.
• Use of the IDirectInputDevice8::GetImageInfo method.
• Device ownership for multiuser applications on the same computer.
• Persistence of user settings through the IDirectInputDevice8::SetActionMap method.