Ok, well here is what I did. I moved the function calling the controlMethod underneath the Sucess (_.ctlSuccess) and Fail (_.ctlFail) functions and called them directly....

dnn.xmlhttp.callControlMethod('Company.Modules.xEDI.ViewxEDI.' + myID,'LoadMyControlById', { clickedMenuID: this.get_clickedMenuID }, this.._ctlSuccess, this.._ctlFail);

But, the problem I am getting now is that it can't find my control method. I've verified spelling and capitalization, etc, but don't see where the problem is. I did an alert in the fail function to display the payload, ctx and req. Here is what I get:

payload: 400 - Class: ASP.desktopmodules_healthcomp_xedi_viewxedi_ascx does not have the method: LoadMyControlById

ctx: undefined

req:[object Object]

During debugging is shows the readyState as 4, status text OK and 200.

Here's what I have in the codeBehind:

  
<ControlMethod()> _
 
Public Sub LoadMyControlById(ByVal ClickedMenuItemID As Integer)
'get the control path from teh object by id

ClickedMenuID = ClickedMenuItemID 

Any help at all is GREATLY appreciated. I'll have to be honest with you...I wanted to stay as far away from Javascript as possible, but jQuery and the CodeEndeavor templates have got me excited about it and I never thought I would be. If I can get through this little hurdle...I'll be one happy woman.

Thanks Again for the help in advance!

Hi Oliver - thanks so much for the response. I'll have to admit the namespace issue has been very confusing for me through these templates.  Here is what I have in the js file:

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Type.registerNamespace('Healthcomp'); Healthcomp.ViewxEDI = function() { ---- }
. . .
Healthcomp.ViewxEDI.prototype = {---- }
. . .
var myID = dnn.getVar("clientID");
ns = Object.getTypeName(this) + '.' + myID;
Healthcomp.Modules.xEDI.ViewxEDI.' + myID); //resolves to: Healthcomp.Modules.xEDI.ViewxEDI.dnn_ctr424_ViewxEDI
dnn.xmlhttp.callControlMethod('Healthcomp.Modules.xEDI.ViewxEDI.' + myID, 'LoadMyControlById', { clickedMenuID: this.get_clickedMenuID }, this._ctlSuccess, this._ctlFail);
. . .
Healthcomp.ViewxEDI.registerClass('Healthcomp.ViewxEDI', Sys.Component);

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Then here is the code behind:

<ControlMethodClass("Healthcomp.Modules.xEDI.ViewxEDI")>
. . .
Descriptor.Type = "Healthcomp.ViewxEDI"
. . .
 

. . . .

<ControlMethod()> _
Public Sub LoadMyControl()
. . .
 

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One of the things that was confusing to me is that the namespace of the module is different that the js function name and then in the AjaxPortalModuleBase it says:

Dim desc As ScriptComponentDescriptor = New ScriptComponentDescriptor("ClientNamespaceHere")
. . .
 

Initially, I thought I should change that value, but the compiled templates use that. Actually, I compiled a template and am just adding to that one until I really figured out how it all worked together. The additional properties that I have created are moving between the js file and the codebehind. (Except for the "id" property that is supposed to be set from the AjaxPortalModuleBase) So, based on what I've provided, do you see where I might be going wrong?   Hmmm....I hope this is enough information. I can post the full code if that can help. Thanks so much Oliver!!!

Briana