sub string2Html {
	my ($htmlfilename, $podtext) = @_;
	open PIPE, "| pod2html --outfile $htmlfilename"; 
        # works, because there is a pod2html.bat
	print PIPE $podString;
	close PIPE;
}

##</code><code>##

sub string2Html {
	my ($htmlfilename, $podtext) = @_;
    ### some code that causes pod2html to read from scalar \$podtext;
	### when it wants to read from STDIN
    Pod::Html::pod2html "--outfile $htmlfilename";
    ### code to wrap up 
}