M.S needs some proofreaders :-)

[Tedd]

WS_VISIBLE
Creates a window that is initially visible.

The window is initially visible, what happens after that point isn't specified - the point is that it can change.

[TouEnMasm]

initially visible. This mean he can change later,and what follow say how

This style can be turned on and off by using ShowWindow or SetWindowPos

initially is here to say that other states exist.

[jj2007]

I fully agree with Andy that this is lousy English. What they mean is "visible from the beginning" or "visible without any extra steps".

lousy? Becasue you don't know what "initially" means?
Sorry, but such statments are ridiculous.

qWord,

I am just echoing the feelings of a native English speaker here. The English language is full of subtleties that the average German (me included) can't grasp so easily. One is that "initially visible" implies ", but then it disappears". Strangely enough, when you do a Google phrase search for "initially visible", the first dozen entries refer to software (and I am sure much more romantic literature has been written about the initially visible moon etc) - proof that Microsoft's abuse of this great language has already had a detrimental impact :icon13:

Take it easy ;-)

[qWord]

JJ,
I would say it like this: Microsoft's documentation assumes that the reader is aware of the nomenclature used in the IT. If one is not aware of that it is his bad, but surely no indication for a bad documentation.

Take it easy ;-)

I will follow that advice  :icon_cool:

[Magnum]

My post was just a pet peeve.

I try hard to not make assumptions.

My dad said that when you assume you make an "ass - out of U and me."

Andy

Gotta get back to my fixer program.