WPF Call an animation in ViewModel

Question

I have made an animation in a xaml.cs file:

((Storyboard)FindResource("animate")).Begin(CurrentMatchLBLProgress);

But if I copy this and take it to the ViewModel, I get an error:

The name 'FindResource' does not exist in the current context.

How do I make this line of code work from the ViewModel?

Answer 1

You can access resources like below,

<Application
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml"
    >
    <Application.Resources>
        <Image x:Key="ApplicationResource" Source="ApplicationResource.bmp" />
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>


  object resource = Application.Current.TryFindResource("ApplicationResource");