diff --git a/api/gutil.C b/api/gutil.C
index d63c7b7c56..b0be59bfa9 100755
--- a/api/gutil.C
+++ b/api/gutil.C
@@ -415,6 +415,19 @@ void draw_text_right(
 	}
 }
 
+
+MOVING_TEXT_PANEL::MOVING_TEXT_PANEL() : 
+	theta(0), dtheta(0), color(0), char_height(0), line_width(0), line_spacing(0), margin(0) 
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i=0;i<3;i++) {
+		base_pos[i]=size[i]=0;
+	}
+	for (i=0;i<PANEL_MAX_LINES;i++) {
+		memset(&(text[i][0]),0,256);
+	}
+}
+
 void MOVING_TEXT_PANEL::init(
     float* p, float* s, COLOR& c, double d, double ch, double lw, double ls, double m
 ) {
diff --git a/api/gutil.h b/api/gutil.h
index 4b52a98b70..4c29cdf453 100755
--- a/api/gutil.h
+++ b/api/gutil.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct COLOR {
     float g;
     float b;
     float a;
+	COLOR(float rr=0,float gg=0, float bb=0, float aa=0) : r(rr),g(gg),b(bb),a(aa) {};
 };
 
 extern void HLStoRGB( double H, double L, double S, COLOR& c);
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ public:
     float pos[3];
     void init(float* pos, float len, float diam, float inner, float* c, float* ic);
     void draw(float);
+	PROGRESS() : len(0), rad(0), inner_rad(0) {
+		memset(color,0,sizeof(color));
+		memset(inner_color,0,sizeof(inner_color));
+		memset(pos,0,sizeof(pos));
+	};
 };
 
 //2d progress bar
@@ -110,6 +116,11 @@ public:
     void set_pos(float*);
     void init(float* pos, float len, float width, float inner_width, float* c, float* ic);
     void draw(float);
+	PROGRESS_2D() : len(0), width(0), inner_width(0) {
+		memset(color,0,sizeof(color));
+		memset(inner_color,0,sizeof(inner_color));
+		memset(pos,0,sizeof(pos));
+	};
 };
 
 // a graph of a function of 1 variable drawn as a ribbon in 3D
@@ -147,6 +158,7 @@ class MOVING_TEXT_PANEL {
     double margin;
     char text[PANEL_MAX_LINES][256];
 public:
+	MOVING_TEXT_PANEL();
     float pos[3];
     void init(float* pos, float* size, COLOR& color, double dtheta, double ch, double lw, double ls, double margin);
     void draw();
@@ -196,6 +208,7 @@ struct TEXTURE_DESC {
     unsigned int id;
     double xsize;          // size of underlying image
     double ysize;
+	TEXTURE_DESC() : present(false),id(0),xsize(0),ysize(0) {};
     void draw(float* pos, float* size, int xalign, int yalign);
     int load_image_file(const char* filename);
     int CreateTextureJPG(const char* strFileName);
diff --git a/api/reduce_main.C b/api/reduce_main.C
index a7703ea532..572eb57be5 100644
--- a/api/reduce_main.C
+++ b/api/reduce_main.C
@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@
 #include "gutil.h"
 #include "reduce.h"
 
-REDUCED_ARRAY::REDUCED_ARRAY() {
-    rdata = 0;
-    ftemp = 0;
-    itemp = 0;
-    reduce_method = REDUCE_METHOD_AVG;
+REDUCED_ARRAY::REDUCED_ARRAY() : sdimx(0), sdimy(0), rdimx(0), rdimy(0), rdimx_max(0), rdimy_max(0), scury(0),
+	rdata(0), rdata_max(0), rdata_min(0), ftemp(0), itemp(0), last_ry(0), last_ry_count(0), nvalid_rows(0), 
+	ndrawn_rows(0), draw_deltax(0), draw_deltaz(0), reduce_method(REDUCE_METHOD_AVG), hue0(0), dhue(0), 
+	alpha(0), xlabel(0), ylabel(0), zlabel(0)
+{
+		memset(draw_pos,0,sizeof(draw_pos));
+		memset(draw_size,0,sizeof(draw_size));
 }
 
+
 REDUCED_ARRAY::~REDUCED_ARRAY() {
     if (rdata) free(rdata);
     if (ftemp) free(ftemp);
diff --git a/api/windows_opengl.C b/api/windows_opengl.C
index f9e02aa9a8..a7523af3be 100755
--- a/api/windows_opengl.C
+++ b/api/windows_opengl.C
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(
 		FillRect(pdc, &winRect, (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH));
 		EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
 		return 0;
+	case WM_CREATE:
+		app_graphics_init();
+		return 0;
 	case WM_SIZE:
         if ( SIZE_MINIMIZED == wParam ) {
             visible = FALSE;