Export from EPiServer CMS 4

February 28, 2008 · by Fredrik Haglund · in EPiServer

As you probably know EPiServer CMS 5 does not encrypt the export packages like version 4 did. You can open them easily and look inside by changing the extension to zip.

The export packages from EPiServer 4 is encrypted and sometimes when you try to import them in EPiServer 5 you get the most strange and non helping exception (like NullReferenceException). I had this problem and the only solution I could find was to crack the encryption of the export package so I could look inside and find the error.

Download the EPiServer 4 Export Package Decryption Tool

If you have the same problem you can use the Decryption tool for EPiServer 4 Export Packages that I created.

The tool takes to parameters. The first should be the encrypted export package file. The second should be a non-existing filename ending with “.zip”.

Tags: Decrypt, EPiServer, Export, Import, Tools, XForm

Jens Eriksberger

Thank you for this great tool!
Christer Bermar

Funny, I had this very problem a month before you posted this article and did the exact same thing myself.

http://world.episerver.com/forum/Pages/Thread.aspx?id=17770&epslanguage=en
Web Inclusion

I’m trying to export from Episerver 5. I tried your decryption tool but it didn’t work with this encrypted export.

Is there a version available for Episerver 5 by any chance?
Ideally we need an XML file from the export. What do you recommend?

Many thanks.
- Fredrik Haglund
  
  Just rename the exported file’s extension to ZIP and extract it.
  - Web Inclusion
    
    Ah – thank you Fredrik. That works!
Eric Croner

Is there any chance you have an encryption tool too? 🙂
I need to export, make some changes and then import back in…
Or can you share the decryption process/algoritm so I can reverse it myself?
- Fredrik Haglund
  
  Oh… This was done a long time ago. I’m not sure I have the source code for this project anymore.
  
  I suggest that you download the EXE and use a reflector to extract the code. In there you will find the encryption key and what algorithm is used. It should be relatively easy to reverse the prices and encrypt a zip file in the same way.
  
  If you want, I can do it for you but I would have to charge for the work.
  - Eric Croner
    
    Thank you for the quick answer… I’ll try it myself first… If I run into trouble I’ll contact you… I have all summer so I’m hopefully able to figure it out! 🙂
    Thanx again!

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