#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;


my $htmlfile_name = 'C:/Documents and Settings/Ira/My Documents/displaying html file in the browser using perl.htm';

system (1, "$htmlfile_name");  #launch in default browser

# program keeps going after browser is launched #

__END__
Comment:
if you use backticks, `$htmlfile_name`, Perl program will 
not continue until browser is closed. Depends upon what
you want to do.