Force Feedback with Powerpoint Animation

[Cravaus]

My powerpoint presentation is being controled by a gamepad. It is not a
game. On one slide there is an animation that moves left and right. I would
like the game pad to buzz back and forth with the animation. Is there a
simple way to add this effect with a VBA macro? It just needs to buzz right
and buzz left as the animation moves back and forth.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

My powerpoint presentation is being controled by a gamepad. It is not a
game. On one slide there is an animation that moves left and right. I would
like the game pad to buzz back and forth with the animation. Is there a
simple way to add this effect with a VBA macro? It just needs to buzz right
and buzz left as the animation moves back and forth.

You'd need to know how to make the game pad buzz in the first place, then adapt
that to PowerPoint.

Do you have documentation for the pad?

 

[Cravaus]

The game pad uses the generic USB gamepad driver in Windows 7. It is plug
and play.

I found some information on using DirectX here:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/directx/forcefeedback.aspx?msg=3221159

This is in C# and more complex than I want. I do not know how to translate
C# into something I can use in VBA. I am hopng to just buzz it right and left
with a simple VBA script.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

If you can point to something more specific ... that seems to be a whole list of
links to a lot of reading. Someone might be able to help you translate if you can
point to specific code.

You might also want to use Google Groups to search for Dick Grier. I suspect he'd
know the answers if anyone does.