Here's a brain twister for you.

I've developed a custom module that loads different ascx forms at runtime.  The ascx forms can be located anywhere, it doesn't care.  The ascx forms it loads are not listed in the dnn module definitions screen since they are only pages with their own dll but still only pages.

The module works fine when you are logged in as a site administrator, host or registered user.

But if you are an unauthorized user, the ascx form load doesn't happen.  The 'outer' ascx loads fine, but the'inner' ascx, that is the user control being loaded by the outer ascx, does not load.  No errors, just does not appear.  I looked at the html source and there's nothing in the panel where it is normally loaded.

Another indication of what's going on is the View, Edit and Design buttons in the host menu.  If you have Edit pressed, the loaded ascx shows up as normal.  If you press View or Design, it does not.

I went into the module definiton os the host control (the 'outer' user control) and it's set to View rights, with no Key defined.
I changed that to Annoymous and the 'inner' control still does not load when you are not logged in.

Anybody have any ideas on how to overcome this limitation?

If so I thank you in advace.

Thanks for the suggestion;

The Default Cache was set to 0 but I changed it to -1 and there is no difference.
I know that won't be used until the module is added to the page again, but there is no Cache Duration in the module settings.
I'm running DNN 4.90

After doing some diagnostics, I saw that the panel control Iwas loading my ascx 'inner' control in had its visibility set to False.  This was set by DNN itself during the Page_Init cycle of my 'outer' control.  It seems that when you are not logged in then it does this.  When you are logged in it does not.  However on form_Load the panel visibiltiy is set to true (again, I don't do this in my code, it's a DNN controlled thing).

So by moving my Load Controls method to Page_Load the problem is solved; unauthorized users can access the form now and controls load fine.  However loading controls dynamically on Page_Load is not best practice; it's better in most cases to load them on Page_Init beause then the controls are in place when the view_state is loaded.  I have to check my other controls I load to see if they are affected adversely by the move, but since they have their own page lifecycle I dont think they will be affected.

So my question is why does DNN turn panel's to not visible at all on page init?  Then to visible anyway on Page Load?

Anybody know?