Gui and the xbox 360 controller

Has no one had any problems trying to get the xbox controller to navigate through the gui properly and change the state of the button it is on. I have tried an array, I have tried the tabNext() and tabPrev() and all I get is unknown command and I can't get it to work. I have spent 3 days looking through every forum post I could find and it seems like there is only 1 or 2 on the subject and they are of no help at all. Is there anyone out there that can help. I am using 1.7.1 and I need to get my controller working with the gui's