AnimationClock objects are generated from AnimationTimeline objects. An AnimationTimeline describes an animation's output values, duration, begin time, end time, and other fundamental animation information. An AnimationClock processes the animation values described by an AnimationTimeline object.

This example shows how to use Clock objects to animate a property.

There are three ways to animate a dependency property:

• Create an AnimationTimeline and associate it with that property by using a Storyboard.

• Use the object's BeginAnimation method to apply a single AnimationTimeline to a target property.

• Create an AnimationClock from an AnimationTimeline and apply it to a property.

Storyboard objects and the BeginAnimation method enable you to animate properties without directly creating and distributing clocks (for examples, see How to: Animate a Property by Using a Storyboard and How to: Animate a Property Without Using a Storyboard); clocks are created and distributed for you automatically.

The following example shows how to create an AnimationClock and apply it to two similar properties.

For an example showing how to interactively control a Clock after it starts, see How to: Interactively Control a Clock.

System..::.Object
  System.Windows.Threading..::.DispatcherObject
    System.Windows.Media.Animation..::.Clock
      System.Windows.Media.Animation..::.AnimationClock

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

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