Storyboard.Begin Method (FrameworkElement, HandoffBehavior, Boolean)

public void Begin (
	FrameworkElement containingObject,
	HandoffBehavior handoffBehavior,
	bool isControllable
)

public void Begin (
	FrameworkElement containingObject, 
	HandoffBehavior handoffBehavior, 
	boolean isControllable
)

public function Begin (
	containingObject : FrameworkElement, 
	handoffBehavior : HandoffBehavior, 
	isControllable : boolean
)

You cannot use methods in XAML.

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;

namespace SDKSample
{

    public class ControllableStoryboardExample : Page
    {
        private Storyboard myStoryboard;

        public ControllableStoryboardExample()
        {

            // Create a name scope for the page.

            NameScope.SetNameScope(this, new NameScope()); 
 
            this.WindowTitle = "Controllable Storyboard Example";
            StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
            myStackPanel.Margin = new Thickness(10);

            // Create a rectangle.
            Rectangle myRectangle = new Rectangle();
            myRectangle.Name = "myRectangle";

            // Assign the rectangle a name by 
            // registering it with the page, so that
            // it can be targeted by storyboard
            // animations.
            this.RegisterName(myRectangle.Name, myRectangle);
            myRectangle.Width = 100;
            myRectangle.Height = 100;
            myRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Blue;
            myStackPanel.Children.Add(myRectangle);

            //
            // Create an animation and a storyboard to animate the
            // rectangle.
            //
            DoubleAnimation myDoubleAnimation = new DoubleAnimation();
            myDoubleAnimation.From = 1.0;
            myDoubleAnimation.To = 0.0;
            myDoubleAnimation.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5000));
            myDoubleAnimation.AutoReverse = true;

            // Create the storyboard.
            myStoryboard = new Storyboard();
            myStoryboard.Children.Add(myDoubleAnimation);
            Storyboard.SetTargetName(myDoubleAnimation, myRectangle.Name);
            Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(myDoubleAnimation, new PropertyPath(Rectangle.OpacityProperty));

            //
            // Create some buttons to control the storyboard
            // and a panel to contain them.
            //
            StackPanel buttonPanel = new StackPanel();
            buttonPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
            Button beginButton = new Button();
            beginButton.Content = "Begin";
            beginButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(beginButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(beginButton);
            Button pauseButton = new Button();
            pauseButton.Content = "Pause";
            pauseButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(pauseButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(pauseButton);
            Button resumeButton = new Button();
            resumeButton.Content = "Resume";
            resumeButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(resumeButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(resumeButton);
            Button skipToFillButton = new Button();
            skipToFillButton.Content = "Skip to Fill";
            skipToFillButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(skipToFillButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(skipToFillButton);
            Button setSpeedRatioButton = new Button();
            setSpeedRatioButton.Content = "Triple Speed";
            setSpeedRatioButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(setSpeedRatioButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(setSpeedRatioButton);
            Button stopButton = new Button();
            stopButton.Content = "Stop";
            stopButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(stopButton_Clicked);
            buttonPanel.Children.Add(stopButton);
            myStackPanel.Children.Add(buttonPanel);
            this.Content = myStackPanel;        
            

        }

        // Begins the storyboard.
        private void beginButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            // Specifying "true" as the second Begin parameter
            // makes this storyboard controllable.
            myStoryboard.Begin(this, true);

        }

        // Pauses the storyboard.
        private void pauseButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            myStoryboard.Pause(this);

        }

        // Resumes the storyboard.
        private void resumeButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            myStoryboard.Resume(this);

        }

        // Advances the storyboard to its fill period.
        private void skipToFillButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            myStoryboard.SkipToFill(this);

        }

        // Updates the storyboard's speed.
        private void setSpeedRatioButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            // Makes the storyboard progress three times as fast as normal.
            myStoryboard.SetSpeedRatio(this, 3);

        }

        // Stops the storyboard.
        private void stopButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
        {
            myStoryboard.Stop(this);

        }         

    }

}

/*

   This sample animates the position of an ellipse when 
   the user clicks within the main border. If the user
   left-clicks, the SnapshotAndReplace HandoffBehavior
   is used when applying the animations. If the user
   right-clicks, the Compose HandoffBehavior is used
   instead.

*/

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Input;

namespace Microsoft.Samples.Animation.AnimatingWithStoryboards
{

    // Create the demonstration.
    public class FrameworkElementStoryboardHandoffBehaviorExample : Page {
        
        
        private Border containerBorder;
        private Ellipse interactiveEllipse;
        private Storyboard theStoryboard;
        private DoubleAnimation xAnimation;
        private DoubleAnimation yAnimation;
        
        public FrameworkElementStoryboardHandoffBehaviorExample()
        {
        
            WindowTitle = "Interactive Animation Example";
            
            // Create a name scope for the page.
            NameScope.SetNameScope(this, new NameScope());  
            
            DockPanel myPanel = new DockPanel();
            myPanel.Margin = new Thickness(20.0);            
    
            containerBorder = new Border();
            containerBorder.Background = Brushes.White;
            containerBorder.BorderBrush = Brushes.Black;
            containerBorder.BorderThickness = new Thickness(2.0); 
            containerBorder.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
            
            interactiveEllipse = new Ellipse();
            interactiveEllipse.Fill = Brushes.Lime;
            interactiveEllipse.Stroke = Brushes.Black;
            interactiveEllipse.StrokeThickness = 2.0;
            interactiveEllipse.Width = 25;
            interactiveEllipse.Height = 25;
            interactiveEllipse.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
            interactiveEllipse.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
            

            TranslateTransform interactiveTranslateTransform = new TranslateTransform();       
            this.RegisterName("InteractiveTranslateTransform", interactiveTranslateTransform);
            
            interactiveEllipse.RenderTransform = 
                interactiveTranslateTransform;
                
            xAnimation = new DoubleAnimation();
            xAnimation.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4);
            yAnimation = xAnimation.Clone();
            Storyboard.SetTargetName(xAnimation, "InteractiveTranslateTransform");
            Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(xAnimation, new PropertyPath(TranslateTransform.XProperty));
            Storyboard.SetTargetName(yAnimation, "InteractiveTranslateTransform");
            Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(yAnimation, new PropertyPath(TranslateTransform.YProperty));            
            
            theStoryboard = new Storyboard();
            theStoryboard.Children.Add(xAnimation);
            theStoryboard.Children.Add(yAnimation);
                
                
            containerBorder.MouseLeftButtonDown += 
                new MouseButtonEventHandler(border_mouseLeftButtonDown);
            containerBorder.MouseRightButtonDown += 
                new MouseButtonEventHandler(border_mouseRightButtonDown);                
            
            containerBorder.Child = interactiveEllipse;
            myPanel.Children.Add(containerBorder);
            this.Content = myPanel;
        }
        

        // When the user left-clicks, use the 
        // SnapshotAndReplace HandoffBehavior when applying the animation.        
        private void border_mouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
        
            Point clickPoint = Mouse.GetPosition(containerBorder);
            
            // Set the target point so the center of the ellipse
            // ends up at the clicked point.
            Point targetPoint = new Point();
            targetPoint.X = clickPoint.X - interactiveEllipse.Width / 2;
            targetPoint.Y = clickPoint.Y - interactiveEllipse.Height / 2;  
            
            // Animate to the target point.
            xAnimation.To = targetPoint.X;
            yAnimation.To = targetPoint.Y;
            theStoryboard.Begin(this, HandoffBehavior.SnapshotAndReplace);
            

            // Change the color of the ellipse.
            interactiveEllipse.Fill = Brushes.Lime;
                    
        }
        
        // When the user right-clicks, use the 
        // Compose HandoffBehavior when applying the animation.
        private void border_mouseRightButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
        
            // Find the point where the use clicked.
            Point clickPoint = Mouse.GetPosition(containerBorder);
            
            // Set the target point so the center of the ellipse
            // ends up at the clicked point.
            Point targetPoint = new Point();
            targetPoint.X = clickPoint.X - interactiveEllipse.Width / 2;
            targetPoint.Y = clickPoint.Y - interactiveEllipse.Height / 2;
 
            // Animate to the target point.
            xAnimation.To = targetPoint.X;
            yAnimation.To = targetPoint.Y;
            theStoryboard.Begin(this, HandoffBehavior.Compose);
                
            // Change the color of the ellipse.
            interactiveEllipse.Fill = Brushes.Orange;
            
                    
        }
        
    }
 
}