Add a window and code to aquire gamePads and to poll for data.

DirectInputDemo.sln

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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio 14
+VisualStudioVersion = 14.0.24720.0
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
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+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{3EE72BCB-F09B-4C15-BF9C-BD897924F32E}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3EE72BCB-F09B-4C15-BF9C-BD897924F32E}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3EE72BCB-F09B-4C15-BF9C-BD897924F32E}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3EE72BCB-F09B-4C15-BF9C-BD897924F32E}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal

DirectInputDemo/App.config

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <startup> 
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2" />
+    </startup>
+</configuration>

DirectInputDemo/App.xaml

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+<Application x:Class="DirectInputDemo.App"
+             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DirectInputDemo"
+             StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
+    <Application.Resources>
+
+    </Application.Resources>
+</Application>

DirectInputDemo/App.xaml.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Configuration;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+
+namespace DirectInputDemo
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for App.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class App : Application
+    {
+    }
+}

DirectInputDemo/DirectInputDemo.csproj

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{3EE72BCB-F09B-4C15-BF9C-BD897924F32E}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>DirectInputDemo</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>DirectInputDemo</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="SharpDX, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b4dcf0f35e5521f1, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\SharpDX.3.0.1\lib\net45\SharpDX.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="SharpDX.DirectInput, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b4dcf0f35e5521f1, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\SharpDX.DirectInput.3.0.1\lib\net45\SharpDX.DirectInput.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xaml">
+      <RequiredTargetFramework>4.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
+    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
+    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </ApplicationDefinition>
+    <Page Include="MainWindow.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
+    <Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
+      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
+      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
+    </Compile>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
+      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
+      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </None>
+    <AppDesigner Include="Properties\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="App.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+  </Target>
+  -->
+</Project>

DirectInputDemo/MainWindow.xaml

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+<Window x:Name="ControllerWindow" x:Class="DirectInputDemo.MainWindow"
+        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DirectInputDemo"
+        mc:Ignorable="d"
+        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="707">
+    <Grid x:Name="ControllerGrid" Margin="0,0,-8,0">
+        <TextBox x:Name="eventsDisplay" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="206" Margin="42,76,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="612"/>
+        <TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24" Margin="42,27,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Events" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="157"/>
+        <Button x:Name="clearButton" Content="Clear" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="378,36,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="clearButton_Click"/>
+
+    </Grid>
+</Window>

DirectInputDemo/MainWindow.xaml.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+using System.Windows.Threading;
+using SharpDX.DirectInput;
+
+namespace DirectInputDemo
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class MainWindow : Window
+    {
+        private Joystick _joyStick;
+        DirectInput directInput { get; set; }
+        public MainWindow()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            directInput = new DirectInput();
+            GetDevices();
+        }
+
+        private void GetDevices()
+        {
+            var devices = directInput.GetDevices(DeviceType.Gamepad,
+                DeviceEnumerationFlags.AllDevices);
+            if (devices.Count == 0)
+                devices = directInput.GetDevices(DeviceType.Joystick,
+                    DeviceEnumerationFlags.AllDevices);
+            if (devices.Count == 0)
+            {
+                eventsDisplay.Text = "No game controllers found.";
+                clearButton.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                UseDevices(devices);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void UseDevices(IList<DeviceInstance> devices)
+        {
+            var guid = devices[0].InstanceGuid; // use first one
+            _joyStick = new Joystick(directInput, guid);
+
+            _joyStick.Properties.BufferSize = 128; // enable buffer
+            _joyStick.Acquire();
+
+            var timer = new DispatcherTimer(); // Timer(onTimer, null, 100);
+            timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
+            timer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);
+            timer.Start();
+        }
+
+        private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            _joyStick.Poll();
+            var data = _joyStick.GetBufferedData();
+            foreach (var line in data)
+            {
+                eventsDisplay.AppendText($"Offset: {line.Offset} Value: {line.Value}\n"); 
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void clearButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            eventsDisplay.Clear();
+        }
+    }
+}

DirectInputDemo/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

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+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Resources;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Windows;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("DirectInputDemo")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("DirectInputDemo")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2016")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+//In order to begin building localizable applications, set 
+//<UICulture>CultureYouAreCodingWith</UICulture> in your .csproj file
+//inside a <PropertyGroup>.  For example, if you are using US english
+//in your source files, set the <UICulture> to en-US.  Then uncomment
+//the NeutralResourceLanguage attribute below.  Update the "en-US" in
+//the line below to match the UICulture setting in the project file.
+
+//[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en-US", UltimateResourceFallbackLocation.Satellite)]
+
+
+[assembly: ThemeInfo(
+    ResourceDictionaryLocation.None, //where theme specific resource dictionaries are located
+                                     //(used if a resource is not found in the page, 
+                                     // or application resource dictionaries)
+    ResourceDictionaryLocation.SourceAssembly //where the generic resource dictionary is located
+                                              //(used if a resource is not found in the page, 
+                                              // app, or any theme specific resource dictionaries)
+)]
+
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version 
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]