Fotiman - 2:11 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)

eval is an expensive operation. It's often said that eval is evil. :) daveVk's solution is a better alternative.

Regarding your second problem...
Can you post more information about the order the files are included in your markup?

<script src="file1.js"></script><!-- can't call methods in file2.js yet --> <script src="file2.js"></script> <!-- now you have access to both files -->