Forgotten Battles & Xbox gamepad on a laptop

[Yossarian]

Hello,

I've got out my old copy of Forgotten Battles and installed it on my new laptop. Unfortunately the laptop does not have a gameport connection. Is there any way I can get my USB Xbox 360 controller to work ?

I have tried but I can't see that it is being picked up by the game. I cannot reconfigure the controls or axis's.

I have searched but all results refer to IL2 Birds of Prey.

Any assistance would be gratefully received.