A Simple Animation in Code
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.SimpleAnimation" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="Simple Animation Example" Height="300" Width="300"> <Canvas> <Rectangle x:Name="rect1" Width="100" Height="50" Fill="Blue"/> </Canvas> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.cs using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Shapes; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; namespace WpfApplication1 { public partial class SimpleAnimation : Window { public SimpleAnimation() { InitializeComponent(); DoubleAnimation da = new DoubleAnimation(); da.From = 0; da.To = 200; da.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5); da.AutoReverse = true; da.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever; rect1.BeginAnimation(Canvas.LeftProperty, da); rect1.BeginAnimation(Canvas.TopProperty, da); } } }