Raw Input

This section describes how the system provides raw input to your application and how an application receives and processes that input. Raw input is sometimes referred to as generic input.

In This Section

Name	Description
About Raw Input	Discusses user-input from devices such as joysticks, touch screens, and microphones.
Using Raw Input	Provides sample code for tasks relating to raw input.
Raw Input Reference	Contains the API reference.

Functions

Name	Description
DefRawInputProc	Calls the default raw input procedure to provide default processing for any raw input messages that an application does not process. This function ensures that every message is processed. DefRawInputProc is called with the same parameters received by the window procedure.
GetRawInputBuffer	Performs a buffered read of the raw input data.
GetRawInputData	Gets the raw input from the specified device.
GetRawInputDeviceInfo	Gets information about the raw input device.
GetRawInputDeviceList	Enumerates the raw input devices attached to the system.
GetRegisteredRawInputDevices	Gets the information about the raw input devices for the current application.
RegisterRawInputDevices	Registers the devices that supply the raw input data.

Macros

Name	Description
GET_RAWINPUT_CODE_WPARAM	Gets the input code from wParam in WM_INPUT.
NEXTRAWINPUTBLOCK	Gets the location of the next structure in an array of RAWINPUT structures.

Notifications

Name	Description
WM_INPUT	Sent to the window that is getting raw input.
WM_INPUT_DEVICE_CHANGE	Sent to the window that registered to receive raw input.

Structures

Name	Description
RAWHID	Describes the format of the raw input from a Human Interface Device (HID).
RAWINPUT	Contains the raw input from a device.
RAWINPUTDEVICE	Defines information for the raw input devices.
RAWINPUTDEVICELIST	Contains information about a raw input device.
RAWINPUTHEADER	Contains the header information that is part of the raw input data.
RAWKEYBOARD	Contains information about the state of the keyboard.
RAWMOUSE	Contains information about the state of the mouse.
RID_DEVICE_INFO	Defines the raw input data coming from any device.
RID_DEVICE_INFO_HID	Defines the raw input data coming from the specified HID.
RID_DEVICE_INFO_KEYBOARD	Defines the raw input data coming from the specified keyboard.
RID_DEVICE_INFO_MOUSE	Defines the raw input data coming from the specified mouse.