The following is a modified version of a Java function I borrowed from one of the Javaworld tips to fire up the default browser at a particular URL in Windows: 

$url = ...;
$cmd = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler $url";
unless ( fork ) { exec $cmd; }
I'm not on a Windows box now, so I don't know the ramifications of using Perl's fork() under Win32, and I haven't tested this code. Of course, there should be a bit of error checking here and there, but you get the general idea. The tech tips can be found off Javaworld at http://www.javaworld.com/ - just search for 'browser' on the tips page (they also have code for kicking off a browser in Unix).

In reply to Re: by blackwolf
in thread How do I launch my browser in Win32 to go to a specified URL? by httptech

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