Using a Storyboard animation on a programmatically-added control

Question

I\'m trying to fade in a new control to my application\'s \"app\" area which is programmatically added after the existing controls are removed. My code looks like this:

Answer 1

It is possible odd thing but my solution is to use both methods:

Storyboard.SetTargetName(DA, myObjectName);

Storyboard.SetTarget(DA, myRect);

sb.Begin(this);

In this case there is no error.

Have a look at the code where I have used it.

 int n = 0;
        bool isWorking;
        Storyboard sb;
        string myObjectName;
         UIElement myElement;

        int idx = 0;

        void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (isWorking == false)
            {
                isWorking = true;
                try
                {
                      myElement = stackObj.Children[idx];

                    var possibleIDX = idx + 1;
                    if (possibleIDX == stackObj.Children.Count)
                        idx = 0;
                    else
                        idx++;

                    var myRect = (Rectangle)myElement;

                   // Debug.WriteLine("TICK: " + myRect.Name);

                    var dur = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2000);

                    var f = CreateVisibility(dur, myElement, false);

                    sb.Children.Add(f);

                    Duration d = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
                    DoubleAnimation DA = new DoubleAnimation() { From = 1, To = 0, Duration = d };

                    sb.Children.Add(DA);
                    myObjectName = myRect.Name;  
                   Storyboard.SetTargetName(DA, myObjectName);
                   Storyboard.SetTarget(DA, myRect);

                    Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(DA, new PropertyPath("Opacity"));

                    sb.Begin(this);

                    n++;
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message + "   " + DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
                }

                isWorking = false;
            }
        }