These sources demonstrate the usage of joysticks under Windows with the library SlimDX
Written under Visual Studio + C#
- Version 1: Open the first encountered joystick
- Version 2: Display all the available joysticks, then open the joystick selected by the user
Version 1: Open the first encountered joystick

Version 2: Display all the available joysticks, then open the joystick selected by the user
A combobox displays all the available joysticks.
Here is the numeric screenshoot:

And below, the visual screenshoot


