How can I get a list of connected joysticks using VB .NET 2005? I know how to get attached drives, but I am not sure about joysticks. I simply need to get a list of their names and plop into a combobox for now, but will use them for something else later.

While I am on the subject, I also need to figure out how to detect serial ports and modems. The program will support networking via modem or serial cable in the long-run, and I'll need the info.

-Sephiroth

: How can I get a list of connected joysticks using VB .NET 2005? I
: know how to get attached drives, but I am not sure about joysticks.
: I simply need to get a list of their names and plop into a combobox
: for now, but will use them for something else later.
:
: While I am on the subject, I also need to figure out how to detect
: serial ports and modems. The program will support networking via
: modem or serial cable in the long-run, and I'll need the info.
:
: -Seph[/gre
: en]iroth
:

I have figured out how to list serial ports using System.IO.Ports.SerialPorts.GetSerialPorts(), but now I need to figure out how to tell if a modem is on a port. I am not quite sure how to do this, aside from opening the port and sending a few modem query commands, which would waste time and effort. Surely I can access the information in Device Manager to figure out what modems (if any) are on what ports.

-Sephiroth

: I have figured out how to list serial ports using
: System.IO.Ports.SerialPorts.GetSerialPorts(), but now I need to
: figure out how to tell if a modem is on a port. I am not quite sure
: how to do this, aside from opening the port and sending a few modem
: query commands, which would waste time and effort. Surely I can
: access the information in Device Manager to figure out what modems
: (if any) are on what ports.
:
: -Sephiroth

So is it impossible to list connected joysticks using the .NET framework? I have the rest solved, but the only information I found on joysticks was using some Windows 3.11 library known as "winmm.dll", and I'd rather not rely on it as I have read that it is kind of flaky at times.

-Sephiroth