What is meta? ×  Hey everyone,  I've been working on a problem -
which I successfuly solved on my own - and I would like to
submit it to Stack Overflow. However, Stack Overflow is for
asking questions and getting answers.  And it seems redundant to
'ask a question when I already know the answer'.  Is there
anyway I can publish on here solutions to problems that I think
others might have? For instance, I've just pieced together bits
and pieces of code from five different websites and was able to
get the "joyGetPosExA" API to work within VB2008.  Basically,
how to use gamepads within VB2008 using standard Windows API and
NOT using DirectX.  Every other sample I found searching for
this solution on the Internet involved using DirectX, Managed
DirectX, DirectInput, XInput, XNA, C#, etc. Considering the
amount of posts I waded through of people asking the same
question as I had on the Interwebs - and none of it working for
them - I figured I should contribute to the community by posting
my code, which does indeed