def showDialog(self): fname = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, 'Open file', '/home') if fname[0]: f = open(fname[0], 'r') reader = FileReader.Reader(fname[0]) #OCCGUI.DisplayLines(reader.ABSPOS) #print(reader.ABSPOS) g = OCCGUI.ShowGPath(reader) with f: data = f.read() self.textEdit.setText(data)