After the acquisition, the software was briefly sold as before being integrated into the CorelDRAW Technical Suite .
. However, a dedicated community of designers refused to upgrade for years. Why? Because later versions of Corel DESIGNER were built on the CorelDRAW engine
: Corel has maintained the technical-centric workflow of Micrografx Designer while adding modern compatibility for high-resolution displays and current Windows versions.
: Modern versions can still open and convert the old .DSF and .DRW files produced by version 9.
Micrografx Designer is now part of CorelDRAW Technical Suite
Many enthusiasts run the software on virtual machines using Windows 98 to maintain compatibility with old .dsf files.