Out of focus input

[dragonmost]

Hey and thanks in advance everyone.

I've been looking around put couldn't find a clear answer.
I want to do a "controller cam" program where you see what input are being made by a controller while gaming.
The issue is, the window can't be in focus since the game has focus. I believe I can't use SFML's joystick class and I cant seem to find a precise answer for this.
So far I got: GetAsyncKeyState function and GetRawInputData function.
Not sure I really understand them so I'de like to know if you guys got any other relevant ways of doing it or any tips on learning to use these functions.

I'm using Visual studio 2013 with SFML C++ on Windows 7
I'm also open to C/C# with different libraries

[eXpl0it3r]

If you're looking for help with Windows API programming, you're at the wrong place here.

Why do you think you can't use the sf::Joystick class?

[dragonmost]

Why do you think you can't use the sf::Joystick class?

As far as I know it doesn't trigger any event when out of focus

[eXpl0it3r]

sf::Joystick doesn't work with events.

[dragonmost]

sf::Joystick doesn't work with events.

So I could just make a loop with something like

Keyboard KB;

if (KB.isKeyPressed(KB.A))
        cout << "A";
 

but do it with a joystick.
That's simpler then trying to play with events

[AlexAUT]

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but yes there is an joystick API similar to the keyboard one, have a look at the tutorial: http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.3/window-inputs.php#joystick


AlexAUT