Interactivity
In addition to the dot-prompt, dBase III, III+ and dBase IV came packaged with an ASSIST application to manipulate data and queries, as well as an APPSGEN application which allowed the user to generate applications without resorting to code writing like a 4GL. The dBASE IV APPSGEN tool was based largely on portions of an early CP/M product named Personal Pearl.
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