I have a few drawings which were last edited in Corel Designer 10, version 10.407, on a Windows XP system. I am now running the same software on a Windows 7 computer, fully patched.
I installed the software under Windows 7, with apparent success. When I start the program, it offers to update the program's links to the Corel Web site, but that fails without much fuss, and continues into the main drawing page.
I have opened one of the files, renamed it and saved it, all OK. I printed the entire document. One of the pages is larger than the printer paper size, and only the center of the page prints. It doesn't shrink, even though I selected that as an option.
However, when I try to edit that specific page, Windows 7 tells me there was a problem, and shuts the program down immediately. I infer that there is a symbol on the page which is "bad" or not available in the installation as set up on the new computer,so there is a memory fault in the Corel software.
First question: Must I convert to a newer version of Designer to figure out the problem? The old version would meet my needs, if it just worked like it used to. I appreciate that the company won't support its legacy stuff, but I really don't need any fancy new capabilities.
Is there a Corel debugging log or other way to identify what the problem is? Windows 7 is singularly unhelpful.
If I do convert, will a newer version even read the old files? Which newer version would I choose?
File > Document Properties may possibly mention an external file that the document needs. There is also window > dockers > symbol manager which may give information related to a symbol.