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The original question of this thread (Dashed=true option in biblatex gives biblatex2.sty error), was addressed by @JosephWright below, and should be kept for future reference.

As I understood better the nature of the problem, I decided to edit the original title and provide an answer to it below. I also deleted my old comments so as to clean up the thread.

I use \RequirePackage[backend=biber,sorting=nyt]{biblatex}

Mico
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The dashed option is not built in to biblatex but is provided by some of the standard styles: authoryear and derivatives. In authoryear.bbx you will find

\DeclareBibliographyOption{dashed}[true]{%
  \ifstrequal{#1}{true}
    {\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{pagetracker}%
     \renewbibmacro*{bbx:savehash}{\savefield{fullhash}{\bbx@lasthash}}}
    {\renewbibmacro*{bbx:savehash}{}}}

along with

\newbibmacro*{bbx:savehash}{%
  \savefield{fullhash}{\bbx@lasthash}}

and use of this new macro in various places.

Thus to provide the dashed option a custom style must either load authoryear and make changes or contain the above lines (or a variant thereof).

Joseph Wright
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This macro, inserted in my .def file, produces a horizontal line, period, and space for different bibliography items by the same author.

The height of the line can be adjusted by "ex" and the length by "em" 

\renewcommand*{\bibnamedash}{%
  \leavevmode\raise -0.4ex\hbox to 5.5em{\hrulefill}.\space}

\newbibmacro*{bbx:dashcheck}[2]{%
  \ifboolexpr{
    test {\iffieldequals{fullhash}{\bbx@lasthash}}
    and
    not test \iffirstonpage
  }
    {#1}
    {#2}}

\newbibmacro*{cbx:dashcheck}[2]{#2}

\newbibmacro*{dashcheck}[2]{%
  \usebibmacro{cbx:dashcheck}{#1}{#2}}

\newbibmacro*{savehash}{}

Here's what it looks like:

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