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SurveyJS is a set of four open-source JavaScript libraries that offer the benefits of a tailor-made in-house survey application, while considerably reducing the time and resources needed to deploy the system. These libraries are independent of specific server code or database requirements and seamlessly integrate with popular JavaScript frameworks, including React, Angular, Vue.js, jQuery, Knockout, and more. They are designed to communicate with any server that can handle JSON requests, ensuring compatibility with various server architectures and databases. The product family is composed of: - An open-source MIT-licensed rendering library that renders dynamic JSON-based forms in your web application, and collects responses. - A self-hosted drag & drop form builder that features an integrated CSS-based theme editor and a GUI for conditional rules. It automatically generates JSON definitions (schemas) of your forms in real time. - PDF Generator, a library that renders SurveyJS surveys and forms as PDF files in a browser; - The Dashboard library that allows you to simplify survey data analysis with interactive and customizable charts and tables. Visit our website to try out and evaluate our full-scale demo for free.

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The xlrd library is designed for developers looking to extract data from .xls files, which are a type of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This tool specifically focuses on reading data and the formatting details contained within these older Excel file formats. It's important to note that xlrd is limited to handling only .xls files moving forward. The library does not process features such as charts, macros, images, or any other embedded elements, including additional worksheets, VBA modules, or formulas, though it can retrieve the results of formula evaluations, comments, hyperlinks, and various filters such as auto, advanced, and pivot tables, as well as conditional formatting and data validation. Unfortunately, password-protected files cannot be accessed or read with this library. When using xlrd from the command line, users can view the first, second, and last rows of each sheet contained within the specified files. Additionally, it's worth mentioning that xlrd is distributed under the BSD license, providing certain freedoms for developers to utilize and modify the library as needed.