import xbmc, xbmcgui emuData = [] cnt = 0 class EMUL(xbmcgui.Window): def __init__(self): xbmcgui.Window.__init__(self) f=open("Q:\\SCRIPTS\\output.txt","wb") fh = open("Q:\\SCRIPTS\TEST.TXT") for line in fh.readlines(): self.cnt += 1 emuData.append(line) f.write(str(self.cnt)) break mydisplay = EMUL() mydisplay.doModal() del mydisplay