Animates the text block's opacity(fading text)

    
<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'>
  <Canvas>
      <TextBlock
        Name="MyFadingText"
        Width="640" Height="100" FontSize="48" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="Maroon">
        This is fading text

        <TextBlock.Triggers>
          <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="TextBlock.Loaded">
            <BeginStoryboard>
              <Storyboard>
                <DoubleAnimation
                  Storyboard.TargetName="MyFadingText" 
                  Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
                  From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:5" 
                  AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="Forever" />
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger>
        </TextBlock.Triggers>
      </TextBlock>

  </Canvas>

</UserControl>

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