ok this is the only way i could do it
only ever going to be looking for 5 files in a certain directory
and this is the code i found does now work

bit long winded and sure better way of doing it but i know it works
thanks


;This check to see if files are in the correct folder for the isa files
;if they are not it extracts them from the zip file then runs the gawk file
;to the correct folder and sorts them

If NOT Exist('C:\foldera\$isaname1')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C C:\kix\WZUNZIP.exe -e C:\foldera\isafile.zip "$isaname1" C:\foldera\ '
Shell 'need the gawk command in here to make sure is done right then goes to next zip'
Else
? "SORRY NOT COPYING FILE EXISTS"
EndIf

If NOT Exist('C:\foldera\$isaname2')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C C:\kix\WZUNZIP.exe -e C:\foldera\isafile.zip "$isaname2" C:\foldera\ '
Shell 'need the gawk command in here to make sure is done right then goes to next zip'
Else
? "SORRY NOT COPYING FILE EXISTS"
EndIf

If NOT Exist('C:\foldera\$isaname3')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C C:\kix\WZUNZIP.exe -e C:\foldera\isafile.zip "$isaname3" C:\foldera\ '
Shell 'need the gawk command in here to make sure is done right then goes to next zip'
Else
? "SORRY NOT COPYING FILE EXISTS"
EndIf

If NOT Exist('C:\foldera\$isaname4')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C C:\kix\WZUNZIP.exe -e C:\foldera\isafile.zip "$isaname4" C:\foldera\ '
Shell 'need the gawk command in here to make sure is done right then goes to next zip'
Else
? "SORRY NOT COPYING FILE EXISTS"
EndIf

If NOT Exist('C:\foldera\$isaname5')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C C:\kix\WZUNZIP.exe -e C:\foldera\isafile.zip "$isaname5" C:\foldera\ '
Shell 'need the gawk command in here to make sure is done right then goes to next zip'
Else
? "SORRY NOT COPYING FILE EXISTS"
EndIf