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Edit: oh I can't no admin power outside of dosbox and dos forum 😉

As for the problem, maybe make sure the text files are THERE. I guess you made it point to folder of the exe. For it to work both text files need to be there.

create a batch file trans.bat (should contain the following)
437to928 1.txt 0.txt

copy the bat file into the same folder as 437to928.exe
run dosbox then type
dir (you may have to change folder first if the exe isnt in c:\ )
to make sure the exe and the bat file are listed
then from the dos prompt type
trans

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thanks all for your help. if i make a trans.bat file with the command 437to928 1.txt 0.txt i can execute it through dosbox environment easily.
from a windows shortcut everything goes ok if i give C:\dosbox\DOSBox.exe trans.bat. If however i change trans.bat as 437to928 %1 %2 in order to pass dynamically the name of the input and output file then from dosbox environment i can execute trans 1.txt 0.txt correctly but the same thing does not happen if i give the command C:\dosbox\DOSBox.exe trans.bat 1.txt 0.txt from a windows shortcut. is it possible for me to do it?

you'd have to try it
what you could do is edit dosbox's autoexec.bat
and add the line
trans

ps:
should be
C:\dosbox\DOSBox.exe trans

dos never uses extensions for executables if you want to run edit.exe you type edit not edit.exe

thanks very much Davros. How can we edit DOSBOX AUTOEXEC.BAT?. please consider the fact that i am working in a windows 8 64 bit laptop and i am using Dosbox 0.74 version

Edit the [autoexex] section of dosbox.conf.
I'd say that the dosbox installer makes a startmenu entry but there is no more startmenu in w8 😉

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you'd have to try it what you could do is edit dosbox's autoexec.bat and add the line trans […]
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you'd have to try it
what you could do is edit dosbox's autoexec.bat
and add the line
trans

That's not ever going to work. That will execute trans.bat, but trans.bat can't be dynamic.

Try using this in your trans.bat instead:

1echo 437to928 %1 %2 > gotrans.bat
2dosbox gotrans.bat

That way DOSBox only has to take one argument. It should work.

EDIT: Silly mistakes.