diff --git a/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp b/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
index 42d8942b33..52b6d1164c 100644
--- a/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
+++ b/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
@@ -357,9 +357,10 @@ PyObject* Application::sOpenDocument(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObjec
     std::string EncodedName = std::string(Name);
     PyMem_Free(Name);
     try {
-        DocumentCreateFlags createFlags;
-        createFlags.createView = !Base::asBoolean(hidden);
-        createFlags.temporary = Base::asBoolean(temporary);
+        DocumentCreateFlags createFlags {
+            .createView = !Base::asBoolean(hidden),
+            .temporary = Base::asBoolean(temporary)
+        };
 
         // return new document
         return (GetApplication()
@@ -401,10 +402,10 @@ PyObject* Application::sNewDocument(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject
 
     PY_TRY
     {
-        DocumentCreateFlags createFlags;
-        createFlags.createView = !Base::asBoolean(hidden);
-        createFlags.temporary = Base::asBoolean(temp);
-
+        DocumentCreateFlags createFlags {
+            .createView = !Base::asBoolean(hidden),
+            .temporary = Base::asBoolean(temp)
+        };
         App::Document* doc = GetApplication().newDocument(docName,
                                                           usrName,
                                                           createFlags);
diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index c8827f4b01..390b959d56 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -2592,8 +2592,9 @@ App::Document* Application::reopen(App::Document* doc)
         }
 
         for (auto& file : docs) {
-            App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags;
-            createFlags.createView = false;
+            App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags {
+                .createView = false
+            };
             App::GetApplication().openDocument(file.c_str(), createFlags);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/App/ImportOCAF2.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/App/ImportOCAF2.cpp
index c0d7ec1fb1..cc78e1c8ac 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/App/ImportOCAF2.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/App/ImportOCAF2.cpp
@@ -409,8 +409,9 @@ App::Document* ImportOCAF2::getDocument(App::Document* doc, TDF_Label label)
         return doc;
     }
 
-    App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags;
-    createFlags.createView = false;
+    App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags {
+        .createView = false
+    };
     auto newDoc = App::GetApplication().newDocument(name.c_str(), name.c_str(), createFlags);
 
     std::ostringstream ss;
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
index 510480c459..b24a0fa920 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@ void SubShapeBinder::update(SubShapeBinder::UpdateOption options) {
                 recomputeCopy = true;
                 clearCopiedObjects();
 
-                App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags;
-                createFlags.createView = false;
-                createFlags.temporary = true;
-
+                App::DocumentCreateFlags createFlags {
+                    .createView = false,
+                    .temporary = true
+                };
                 auto tmpDoc = App::GetApplication().newDocument("_tmp_binder", nullptr, createFlags);
                 tmpDoc->setUndoMode(0);
                 auto objs = tmpDoc->copyObject({ obj }, true, true);