Subj : MsgBase.get_msg_header() not returning vote info for polls
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jun 20 2022 08:12 pm

 Re: MsgBase.get_msg_header() not returning vote info for polls
 By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat Jun 18 2022 10:25 am

> Hi DM,
>
> I just noticed this yesterday while doing some work on SlyVote.
> SlyVote can display poll voting stats (for poll messages, it displays things
> like total_votes and information from the tally property in the message
> header).  Currently, for poll votes, it's not getting any voting results.
> Even for polls that have been voted on, total_votes is 0 and it doesn't get
> any tally information.  This is coming from MsgBase.get_msg_header() with
> the include_votes parameter as true.
> I thought this was working at one point, but maybe not..?
>
> Alternately, if I use MsgBase.get_all_msg_headers(true) (including the vote
> messages), it gets all the votes that way.  Maybe that would be the better
> option anyway?

Those properties are only populated when using the MsgBse.get_all_msg_headers() method. The get_msg_header() method just reads a single message header. All the message headers must read/parsed to find and total votes.
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