Set manually the "address" device property

[Juju]

Hello,

My device property UI allow to choose a house code and a device code using popup menus. They define the device properties "houseCode" and "deviceCode".
I would like to set the device property "address" (houseCode+deviceCode) manually, when the device settings UI is closed. This will allow (I think) to display the device address in the corresponding column.
I don't know where and how to do this ...
I tried in validateDeviceConfigUi with something like :

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deviceCode = valuesDict["houseCode"] + valuesDict["deviceCode"]
dev.pluginProps.update({"address":deviceCode})
dev.replacePluginPropsOnServer(dev.pluginProps)

but it seems that's not the right way ...

[jay (support)]

The valuesDict that you get in validate*ConfigUi() can contain only entries that correspond to fields in the dialog itself. What I do in several plugins is to put in a hidden address field in the <Device> element of the ConfigUI XML:

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<Field id="address" type="textfield" hidden="true">
    <Label/>
</Field>

Then in your validation code you could do this:

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valuesDict["address"] = valuesDict["houseCode"] + valuesDict["deviceCode"]

[Juju]

Perfect Jay
Thanks.