int main(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
struct ControllerStruct
{
unsigned long eventCount; //event counter, increases with every controller event,
//but for some reason not by one.
unsigned short up:1, down:1, left:1, right:1, start:1, back:1, l3:1, r3:1,
lButton:1, rButton:1, guideButton:1, unknown:1, aButton:1,
bButton:1, xButton:1, yButton:1; // button state bitfield
unsigned char lTrigger; //Left Trigger
unsigned char rTrigger; //Right Trigger
short lJoyY; //Left Joystick Y
short lJoyx; //Left Joystick X
short rJoyY; //Right Joystick Y
short rJoyX; //Right Joystick X
};
//First create an HINSTANCE of the xinput1_3.dll. Probably should use system variables to find it
//but whatever.
HINSTANCE hGetProcIDDLL = LoadLibrary("C:/Windows/System32/xinput1_3.dll"); //In Visual Studio replace this
//HINSTANCE hGetProcIDDLL = LoadLibrary(L"C:/Windows/System32/xinput1_3.dll"); //With this
//Get the address of ordinal 100.
FARPROC lpfnGetProcessID = GetProcAddress(HMODULE(hGetProcIDDLL), (LPCSTR)100);
//typedef the function. It takes an int and a pointer to a ControllerStruct and returns an error code
//as an int. it's 0 for no error and 1167 for "controller not present". presumably there are others
//but I never saw them. It won't cause a crash on error, it just won't update the data.
typedef int(__stdcall * pICFUNC)(int, ControllerStruct &);
//Assign it to getControllerData for easier use
pICFUNC getControllerData;
getControllerData = pICFUNC(lpfnGetProcessID);
//Create in an instance of the ControllerStruct
ControllerStruct buttons;
while(1) //Infinite polling loop
{
getControllerData(0, buttons); //call the function with the controller number(zero based) and
//the pointer to the ControllerStruct.
ClearScreen(); //clear the screen
std::cout << buttons.guideButton; //simply access the variable like normal. Easy peasy.
Sleep(50); //pause briefly so as not to spam the console
}
//in a real program you should release the dll by calling FreeLibrary(hGetProcIDDLL) to prevent memory
//leaks, but since there's no way of cleanly exiting this program, I'm not sure where to put it
return 0;
}
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
/* get handle to dll */
HINSTANCE hGetProcIDDLL = LoadLibrary("E:\\SteamLibrary\\SteamApps\\common\\Arma 3\\@MFD\\MFD_Extension.dll");
/* get pointer to the function in the dll*/
FARPROC lpfnGetProcessID = GetProcAddress(HMODULE (hGetProcIDDLL),"_RVExtension@12");
if(lpfnGetProcessID == NULL)
{
DWORD lastError = GetLastError();
std::cout << "General failure. GetLastError returned " << std::hex << lastError << ".";
}
/*
Define the Function in the DLL for reuse. This is just prototyping the dll's function.
A mock of it. Use "stdcall" for maximum compatibility.
*/
typedef void (__stdcall * pICFUNC)(char *, int,char*);
pICFUNC dllExtension;
dllExtension = pICFUNC(lpfnGetProcessID);
//-noPause -nosplash -mod=@CBA_A3;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE;@fhq_m4_a3;RH_pdw1.0;@fhq_accessories;@ac130x_a3;@MFD;@JS_JC_FA18 -showScriptErrors "C:\Users\bonilann\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\annerajb\missions\mfdtest.Stratis\mission.sqm"
/* The actual call to the function contained in the dll */
char* output = new char[4096];
memset(output,0,4096);
dllExtension(output, 4096,"version");
//output should be version#
//
dllExtension(output, 4096,"pack|81=0/80=0");
Sleep(5000);
while(1)
{
dllExtension(output, 4096,"pack|81=1/81=0/302=12.5000");
}
delete[] output;
/* Release the Dll */
FreeLibrary(hGetProcIDDLL);
return 0;
}
