Fatal error in relation to Javascript

[eluser]russ_kern[/eluser]
I'm hoping I can explain this well...

Within my view pages, I have a div tag that I am using a piece of Javascript on to swap out its contents based on on which link a user clicks.

My Javascript and the files that it calls to place inside this div all reside in folders OUTSIDE of the System folder.

When I call a function from one of these loaded files , I get the following error on the page it loads into:

"Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/supercha/dev/assets/builderscripts/contenta.php on line 100"

Would anyone have ideas why I'm getting this error?

It is worth noting that when I call this same function from within the page in my View file, It displays correctly - so the script itsself works.

Russ