Changelog • lssdoc

lssdoc (development version)

CRAN release: 2026-09-16

Write a questionnaire in Word and turn it into a LimeSurvey file, with a new experimental set of functions: lss_template_docx() writes a blank form to fill in, read_form_docx() reads a filled one back, and check_form_docx() reports everything wrong with it in one pass. Blank forms can also be downloaded from the package website, for authors who do not use R.
write_form_docx() renders a specification as that same form, and as_lss_spec() turns an existing survey into a specification, so a questionnaire can leave LimeSurvey, be edited in Word and come back.
write_lss() now writes every declared language, not only the first.
lss_template_docx() can write a blank form for a multilingual questionnaire, independently of the language of the form’s own labels.
lss_spec() gains an optional group description and quota limit.

read_lss() is about ten times faster on a large survey.
read_lss() now fails with a clear error on a malformed, truncated or non-UTF-8 file, instead of terminating the R session on some platforms.

CRAN release: 2026-09-13

New experimental authoring layer. lss_spec() describes a questionnaire in R – groups, 21 question kinds, answer options (including “other” and exclusive choices), display conditions and quotas – and validates it against what LimeSurvey accepts. write_lss() then writes it as a LimeSurvey 6 .lss file ready to import. Both functions are experimental and their interface may change.
lss_spec() accepts texts in several languages (languages = c("fr", "en"), each text given as a named vector), but write_lss() emits the primary language only for now. Multilingual output is planned for 0.3.0.

read_lss() now warns (class lssdoc_newer_dbversion) when a file comes from a newer LimeSurvey than the package targets, instead of reading it silently.
In the table layout, the “Type” column no longer wraps one-word labels such as “Computed” onto a second line.

CRAN release: 2026-06-18

read_lss() now returns a clear error on a non-XML or empty file, instead of, on some systems, crashing the R session.

CRAN release: 2026-06-15