>Hi,
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>I have a method in a text box base class (CUSTOM_SETUP) that will have a line DODEFULT(). That is, this method will not have any meaningful code. This method is called from the INIT method of this class. I have not noticed that it takes any time, when doing a very superficial test. But in general does this call to a method with DEDEFAULT take any time when about 50 text boxes are instantiated (which have this code)?
>Alternatively, I can comment the call to CUSTOM_SETUP and I can even do away with the INIT method (set it to default) since it won't have any code. But, in case in the future, I may need it, I thought I would leave these methods with DODEFULT().
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You don't need DODEFAULT() in methods of your "base" classes unless there's also a NODEFAULT there. If a class is derived right from VFP's classes, there's no code you need to ensure runs.

In general, you don't need DODEFAULT() unless you put code into a method. An empty method will automatically run the code from its parent class.

Tamar