From 256149dd6b82c984eab89f7d7470d15e9bae8d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eufren <57187451+eufren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 10:48:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Patch to correctly find DLL and dependencies

Patch to correctly find DLL and dependencies in PATH variable on Windows.
Works, but the except: pass bit is a bit janky - for some reason, it throws an error after adding all the paths otherwise.
---
 xfoil/xfoil.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xfoil/xfoil.py b/xfoil/xfoil.py
index 4334ef6..31d3a1b 100644
--- a/xfoil/xfoil.py
+++ b/xfoil/xfoil.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 lib_path = glob.glob(os.path.join(here, 'libxfoil.*'))[0]
 lib_ext = lib_path[lib_path.rfind('.'):]
 
+for path in os.getenv('PATH').split(os.pathsep):
+    try:
+        os.add_dll_directory(path)
+    except:
+        pass
+
 fptr = POINTER(c_float)
 bptr = POINTER(c_bool)