background run

main.py

@@ -322,10 +322,7 @@ def write_config():
 
 @plugin.route('/run_webgrab')
 def run_webgrab():
-    exe = plugin.get_setting('exe')
-    path = xbmc.translatePath('special://profile/addon_data/script.webgrab/webgrab/config')
-    status = Popen([exe,path])
-    return
+    xbmc.executebuiltin('XBMC.RunScript(special://home/addons/script.webgrab/run.py)')
 
 @plugin.route('/copy_config')
 def copy_config():

run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from subprocess import call
+import xbmcaddon,xbmcgui
+
+dialog = xbmcgui.Dialog()
+
+
+ADDON = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='script.webgrab')
+try: LIBRE = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='service.webgrabplus')
+except: LIBRE = ''
+exe = ADDON.getSetting('exe')
+path = ADDON.getSetting('config_output_folder')
+dialog.notification("Webgrab+Plus Configurator","Starting")
+if LIBRE:
+    status = call([exe])
+else:
+    status = call([exe,path])
+if status != 0:
+    message = "Error %s" % status
+else:
+    message ="Finished"
+dialog.notification("Webgrab+Plus Configurator",message)
+