hi im trying to search and replace a string in a doc file..the file is getting opened and read but the string is not getting replaced..i dont know what mistake im making..the snippet is

foreach my $file (@scriptfiles)
{ 
    $i=0;$j=0;
    my $var;
    my $filename = "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\hi\\";
    $var = $filename."$file";
    print $var ;
    print $file;
    my $document = Win32::OLE -> GetObject("$var");

    print "Extracting Text ...\n";
    my @array;
    my $paragraphs = $document->Paragraphs();
    my $enumerate = new Win32::OLE::Enum($paragraphs);
    while(my $paragraph = $enumerate->Next())
    {

        my $text = $paragraph->{Range}->{Text}; 
          $text =~ s/[\n\r\t]//g;
          $text =~ s/\x0B/\n/g;
          $text =~ s/\x07//g;
         chomp $text;
        
        my $Data .= $text;
        print $text;
        $text =~ s/7.0E/8.0A/g;
        close ($file);
        @array=split(/\.$/,$Data);
        foreach my $line( @array)
        {        
        $line =~ s/Search/Replace/g;
        }
 
    }

 }

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In reply to Replacing in DOC file by stallion

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