Animated Text Transform
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <TextBlock Text="XAML" FontSize="144pt" FontFamily="Arial Black" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5 0.5"> <TextBlock.RenderTransform> <TransformGroup> <ScaleTransform x:Name="xformScale" /> <RotateTransform x:Name="xformRotate" /> </TransformGroup> </TextBlock.RenderTransform> <TextBlock.Triggers> <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="TextBlock.Loaded"> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="xformScale" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="1" To="-1" Duration="0:0:3" AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="Forever" /> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="xformRotate" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Angle" From="0" To="360" Duration="0:0:5" RepeatBehavior="Forever" /> </Storyboard> </BeginStoryboard> </EventTrigger> </TextBlock.Triggers> </TextBlock> </UserControl>