I.R.I.S. Cardiris Pro 5 - Manual (Page 85)

Cardiris TM 5 – User Guide
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Duplicating databases
You can duplicate your databases to create backups.
To duplicate a database either:

Click Save As in the File menu and save the database as a .c5d
file (database file).

Or copy the database file in Windows Explorer to another
location.
Duplicating contacts
You can also transfer specific contacts, not entire databases, to
another Cardiris database.
Two methods are available.

Open both databases and drag the contacts from one database
to the other.
Tip: the current database is mentioned in the title bar.

Select the cards to be transferred, export them and import them
later on in the other database. (Select the export and import filter
Cardiris 5)
Migrating older databases
To migrate older databases:

Open a database created in a previous version of Cardiris by
clicking the Open command on the File menu. Select the
Cardiris version in the Files of type list.
or