Hello all,

I am very new to DNN though I've been programming in asp.net for a few years and I'm not understanding how modules behave in DNN. We are using 4.08.04.

I've created a new module in visual studio using the starter kit called TestModule. (File -->  New File --> Dot net nuke dynamic module).

I altered the ViewTestModule.ascx Page_Load fuction to call the following code that displays information about the logged in user:

                DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.OnlineUserInfo mRoles = new DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.OnlineUserInfo();
                DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController mUserRoles = new DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController();
                DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserInfo mUser = DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController.GetCurrentUserInfo();


                string showroles = string.Empty;
                foreach (string i in mUserRoles.GetRolesByUser(mUser.UserID, mRoles.PortalID))
                {
                    showroles += i.ToString() + ",";
                }


                lblTest.Text = "UserName: " + mUser.Username;
                lblTest.Text += "<br> FullName: " + mUser.DisplayName;
                lblTest.Text += "<br> UserID: " + mRoles.UserID.ToString();
                lblTest.Text += "<br> Roles:  " + showroles;

 

This works fine when I log in as host, the page_load event fires everytime. However if I log out then log in as admin or another user, the page_load event on the user control does not fire. It makes no sense. I tried setting the caching for the module to -1, that didn't help. It seems like the code itself is behaving differently if I'm logged in as "host". Any clues as to what I'm missing here?

Also, if you make the change AFTER the module is on a page you will need to also edit the setting on the specific module instance via the "Settings" for the module.

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