Use the Unload command from the System Formats menu to unload your system formats to a file.
To unload your system formats
Select the Unload command from the System Formats menu.
The Unload System Formats dialog, shown in the following image, is then displayed.
Enter the full location and name for your formats definition file in the File Name text box or click the Browse button to display a common dialog in which you can select your file location and name.
Click the Extract button to save your system formats to the specified file.
Alternatively, to abandon the unloading process, click the Close button without unloading system formats.
The system formats are then saved to the specified file. For details about retrieving system formats saved to files by using the Load command, see "Load Command", in the following subsection.