Storyboard.Begin Method (FrameworkElement, FrameworkTemplate, HandoffBehavior)
Applies the animations associated with this Storyboard to their targets within the specified template and initiates them.
Namespace: System.Windows.Media.Animation
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
public void Begin( FrameworkElement containingObject, FrameworkTemplate frameworkTemplate, HandoffBehavior handoffBehavior )
Parameters
- containingObject
- Type: System.Windows.FrameworkElement
The object to which the specified frameworkTemplate has been applied. Animations without a TargetName are applied to containingObject.
- frameworkTemplate
- Type: System.Windows.FrameworkTemplate
The template to animate.
- handoffBehavior
- Type: System.Windows.Media.Animation.HandoffBehavior
The behavior the new animation should use to interact with any current animations.
When this method is called, Clock objects are created for the storyboard and any timelines it contains. These clocks are stored with containingObject.
Beginning a storyboard triggers the CurrentStateInvalidated and CurrentGlobalSpeedInvalidated events.
Using the Compose HandoffBehavior
When you apply a Storyboard, AnimationTimeline, or AnimationClock to a property using the Compose HandoffBehavior, any Clock objects previously associated with that property continue to consume system resources; the timing system does not remove these clocks automatically.
To avoid performance issues when you apply a large number of clocks using Compose, you should remove composing clocks from the animated property after they complete. There are several ways to remove a clock.
To remove all clocks from a property, use the ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock) or BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline) method of the animated object. Specify the property being animated as the first parameter, and null as the second. This removes all animation clocks from the property.
To remove a specific AnimationClock from a list of clocks, use the Controller property of the AnimationClock to retrieve a ClockController, then call the Remove method of the ClockController. This is typically done in the Completed event handler for a clock. Note that only root clocks can be controlled by a ClockController; the Controller property of a child clock returns null. Note also that the Completed event is not called if the effective duration of the clock is forever. In that case, the user must determine when to call Remove.
This is primarily an issue for animations on objects that have a long lifetime. When an object is garbage collected, its clocks are also disconnected and garbage collected.
For more information about clock objects, see Animation and Timing System Overview.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
