windows-style-flags

What is the purpose of Windows style flags like WS_TILED and WS_ICONIC that are just renaming of others? (Windows/C++)

I was looking at the various windows styles flags, and I noticed that a few flags are defined as such: #define WS_TILED WS_OVERLAPPED #define WS_ICONIC WS_MINIMIZE #define WS_SIZEBOX WS_THICKFRAME #define WS_TILEDWINDOW WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW What is the purpose of defining new flags that are literally ...

How to create a form with a border, but no title bar? (like volume control on Windows 7)

In Windows 7, the volume mixer windows has a specific style, with a thick, transparent border, but no title bar. How do i recreate that window style in a winforms window? I tried setting Text to string.Empty, and ControlBox to false, which removes the titlebar, but then the border also disappears: ...