IGameInput::FindDeviceFromObject

Deprecated. This method was removed in GameInput v1 and is not available in the current API.

Retrieves an IGameInputDevice interface based on a matching platform COM object reference.

Syntax

HRESULT FindDeviceFromObject(
    IUnknown* value,
    IGameInputDevice** device
);

Parameters

value _In_
Type: IUnknown* A platform COM object (such as an IDirectInputDevice8 instance) to match against. device _COM_Outptr_
Type: IGameInputDevice** The returned IGameInputDevice interface.

Return value

Type: HRESULT Returns E_NOTIMPL, as this method was never implemented in v0.

Remarks

This method allowed applications to retrieve a GameInput device interface from an existing platform object such as a DirectInput device. It was removed in v1. The active alternatives are FindDeviceFromId and FindDeviceFromPlatformString.

Version History

Version	Changes
v1	Removed.
v0	Introduced.

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IGameInput::FindDeviceFromObject

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