Trying a fix for the Window loading error.

eregon · Mar 10, 2011 · 63bc54d · 63bc54d
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Below is a complete listing of changes for each revision of HighLine.
 
 * Correctly handle STDIN being closed before we receive any data (fix by
   mleinart).
+* Try if msvcrt, if we can't load crtdll on Windows (fix by pepijnve).
 
 == 1.6.1
 

diff --git a/lib/highline/system_extensions.rb b/lib/highline/system_extensions.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ module SystemExtensions
       # 
       def get_character( input = STDIN )
         Win32API.new("crtdll", "_getch", [ ], "L").Call
+      rescue Exception
+        Win32API.new("msvcrt", "_getch", [ ], "L").Call
       end
 
       # A Windows savvy method to fetch the console columns, and rows.