I am new to DNN, I have a question on whether DNN allow to directly use a '.ascx' file as a registered control instead of going through DNN "Install Module" or "Create Module" procedure.

In my recent project, I have a control which has been directly embed into page skin without referenced through any module and didn't even wrapped in a layout annotation pane.

After I tested it , I found it doesn't work. So I assume that what I did is not the way DNN allows.

Could you confirm on that whether my assumption is right?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Thanks for you answer , which is very helpful