[WPF/C#] element Fade In, Move, Fade Out

[James Rose]

Hello gang,

I am playing around with WPF (if you seen the other posts, you know it's having a good time with me)

I need to load an item, in this case it's just an ellipse, have it fade in, move across the screen and then fade out. I am sure I am screwing it up... hence the question. In the example below the Move and Fade Out work, but the fade in does not. If I remark out the Fade out line the fade in works.

myStoryboard.Children.Add(animFadeOut);
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So... what dumb@$$ thing am I doing wrong?

[CODE]
private void button3_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 12, 500);
StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
myStackPanel.Margin = new Thickness(20);
Rectangle myRectangle = new Rectangle();
myRectangle.Name = "MyRectangle";
// Create a name scope for the page.
NameScope.SetNameScope(this, new NameScope());
this.RegisterName(myRectangle.Name, myRectangle);
myRectangle.Width = 100;
myRectangle.Height = 100;
SolidColorBrush mySolidColorBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Blue);
this.RegisterName("MySolidColorBrush", mySolidColorBrush);
myRectangle.Fill = mySolidColorBrush;
//FADE IN AMIMATION
DoubleAnimation animFadeIn = new DoubleAnimation();
animFadeIn.From = 0.0;
animFadeIn.To = 1.0;
animFadeIn.Duration = new Duration(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 3, 400));
Storyboard.SetTargetName(animFadeIn, myRectangle.Name);
Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(animFadeIn, new PropertyPath(Rectangle.OpacityProperty));
//Y ANIMATION
Int16 iY = 10;
Int16 iX = 500;
TranslateTransform tt = new TranslateTransform(iX, iY);
DoubleAnimation animY = new DoubleAnimation(-(iX + myRectangle.Width), new Duration(ts));
tt.BeginAnimation(TranslateTransform.XProperty, animY);
myRectangle.RenderTransform = tt;

////FADE OUT ANIMATION
DoubleAnimation animFadeOut = new DoubleAnimation();
animFadeOut.From = 1.0;
animFadeOut.To = 0.0;
animFadeOut.Duration = new Duration(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 15, 0));
Storyboard.SetTargetName(animFadeOut, myRectangle.Name);
Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(animFadeOut, new PropertyPath(Rectangle.OpacityProperty));

Storyboard myStoryboard = new Storyboard();
myStoryboard.Children.Add(animFadeIn);
myStoryboard.Children.Add(animFadeOut);
myStackPanel.Children.Add(myRectangle);
this.Content = myStackPanel;
myStoryboard.Begin(this);
}
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[James Rose]

After an afternoon playing google-roulette i may have found the answer in Animate.Group I will try a testbed tomorrow and post it if it works.