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