Yes Barbara. That is what I wanted. Please see David's response in this thread and a similar thread.

Now that I have the solution, I got another idea, what if this method, though a template method, does have it's own code and yet needs complimentary code including dodefault() in the subclass? <g>

>>Hi all
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>>I have this combo class which has a method I have created. This method needs to be populated come hat may, else the thing won't work.
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>>How to warn me at design/run time that the required method is empty.
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>Are you saying that your class has a template method that must have code in the subclass? If so, put a messagebox() in the template method that says something like, "You must put the appropriate code in this class". When they override the method by putting code in the sublcass, your messagebox won't appear.