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title: "Essential XlsIO : Volume 3 Sneak Preview – [Part 2]"
published_at: "2010-06-16T12:34:00+00:00"
modified_at: "2018-10-03T06:59:53+00:00"
url: "https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/essential-xlsio-volume-3-sneak-preview-part-2"
excerpt: "This post is the final part of a two-part series about our forthcoming Volume 3 release. In my previous post, I discussed a couple of our new features, which are all specific to Excel 2010. In this post, I will..."
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  - "2010 Volume 3"
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# Essential XlsIO : Volume 3 Sneak Preview – [Part 2]

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![Image](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/xlsio_2_9e721ff.png)

This post is the final part of a two-part series about our forthcoming Volume 3 release. In my [previous post](https://blog.syncfusion.com/post/essential-xlsio-whate28099s-new-for-volume-3.aspx)
, I discussed a couple of our new features, which are all specific to Excel 2010. In this post, I will continue to discuss other new features that will be available with our Volume 3 release.

**Linked Cells Support for Check Box**

All check boxes can be optionally linked to a cell; any operation performed on a check box will update the value of the linked cell, making Excel form programming much easier. With the Volume 3 release, Essential XlsIO will offer support to both read and write linked cell values associated with the check box.

![linkedcell](https://blog.syncfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-561.png "linkedcell")

Sample Excel Form with Check Box and Other Form Controls

**Code-Generator Utility**

Microsoft Excel offers a huge set of features that include charts, formulas, pivot tables, form controls, and much more. Essential XlsIO offers 80-85 percent of these Excel features; hence, our XlsIO also exposes a huge set of APIs.

In an attempt to reduce the overall development time and learning curve, in 2010 Volume 3 we plan to introduce a simple and easy-to-use code generator utility. All you have to do is simply design an Excel file using MS Excel. Then load that Excel file into our code-generator utility. The utility will automatically generate either C# or VB code to create a similar Excel file using Essential XlsIO.

![FileExplorer](https://blog.syncfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-562.png "FileExplorer")

Also, if you click on a particular node in the left-side tree, then code will be generated that can be used to create a specific portion of a document. This really simplifies the process of document generation using XlsIO.

Enjoy!!