Murali wrote: 
 
      My question concerns the use of data files which are compressed into a 
zip-folder.Is there a way to incorporate the un-zipping of these files in the 
form of code that is part of a do-file as opposed to individually extracting 
each and every needed file separately from the do-program? Thanks.
 
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You might benefit from Henrik Stovring's -zipsave- and -zipuse- commands.
Find and install them by:
 
   . findit zipsave
 
HTH
Svend
 
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