You can use The Compleat Botanica program to create and delete databases as well as backup and restore databases.   ......................................

Opening a database and problems that may occur.   ......................................

Closing a database is optional. Whenever you exit from The Compleat Botanica software the database is automatically closed.   ......................................

Your specimen are typically stored in a single database; however, there are times when you may want to create additional databases.   ......................................

Rules and precautions for deleting a database.   ......................................

It�s essential to make a backup of your database whenever you�ve made changes to any of your specimen records. The backup process compresses your data and places it in a special format which can be used by the Restore database operation.   ......................................

You can restore a database to it�s active state by using the Data Manager utility or directly from within The Compleat Botanica software.   ......................................