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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: How to interface in ADA with  Microsoft joystick?
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On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:07:06 -0700 (PDT), tolkamp wrote:

> Is it possible to interface within an ADA program with a Microsoft
> Sidewinder Joystick?

Yes

> If yes, which code have to be added  or where can I find more
> information about this subject?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd757121%28v=VS.85%29.aspx

Ada bindings to Windows API called Win32Ada. In particular the package
responsible for the multimedia API (mmsystem.dll) is Win32.MMSystem.

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