Visual Basic® 2010 Unleashed

Creating Animations with Visual Basic

Maybe you understood that XAML is the best way for creating, customizing, and managing visual elements. Generally writing VB code is something that you should practice only when there is an effective need of applying effects at runtime. This can also be the case of animations. Code in Listing 33.8 shows how to create at runtime a new button and how to apply an animation that increases and decreases the button’s height. The code is not difficult to understand when you have a clear idea of the sequence of elements required within an animation.

Listing 33.8 Creating an Animation in VB code

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