Ich hab da sogar etwas, womit sich arbeiten lässt bzw. womit man anfangen kann. Allerdings in C. Sollte aber in VB ähnlich funktionieren.
Code:
int njoyId=0;
// determine number of joysticks installed in Windows 95
JOYINFOEX data; // extended information
JOYCAPS info; //Infos des Joysticks
data.dwFlags = JOY_RETURNRAWDATA;
info.wMid = 0;
info.wPid = 0x1113; //PdoructID des Joysticks, hier der JW24F8
// first joystick
int nConnected = 0; // goal - number of joysticks connected
MMRESULT dwResult; // examine return values
// Loop through all possible joystick IDs until we get the error
// JOYERR_PARMS. Count the number of times we get JOYERR_NOERROR
// indicating an installed joystick driver with a joystick currently
// attached to the port.
//while ((dwResult = joyGetPosEx(njoyId++,&info)) != JOYERR_PARMS)
//if (dwResult == JOYERR_NOERROR)
// ++nConnected; // the count of connected joysticks
joyGetPosEx(0,&data); //auslesen des jw24f8
Ansonsten mal nach joyGetPosEx() googlen, da sollten dann zumindest was zu finden sein.