'''Helper to preload vcomp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll to prevent "not found" errors. Once vcomp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll are preloaded, the namespace is made available to any subsequent vcomp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll. This is created as part of the scripts that build the wheel. ''' import os import os.path as op from ctypes import WinDLL if os.name == "nt": # Load vcomp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll libs_path = op.join(op.dirname(__file__), ".libs") vcomp140_dll_filename = op.join(libs_path, "vcomp140.dll") vcruntime140_dll_filename = op.join(libs_path, "vcruntime140.dll") WinDLL(op.abspath(vcomp140_dll_filename)) WinDLL(op.abspath(vcruntime140_dll_filename))