Help with MIME::Lite module

[FLAHERTY, JIM-CONT]

I am wanting to send HTML reports to clients that can read html mail.
In the Data section is where you put the body of the message . If I type
html <tag> and text it works fine. but when I try to add a variable the body
of the message has
 
   $nhtmlpage  
 
nothing on whats in the variable. Help 
 
code 
 
 
 
my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
   From       => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
<mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> ,
   To         => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
<mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> ,
   Cc         => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> ,
   Subject    => 'Morning Trouble Call report',
   Type       => 'text/html',
   Data       => '$rhtmlpage'
 
  );
 
$msg->send();