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Is it possible to show a splash screen in WPF that has animation. I want my name of the company and the name of the application to fly in and a progress bar that continously animates. I Used this example
http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DesktopDev/MSTech/wpf-and-the-splashscreen
to try and get me started but the progress bar doesnt animate?
Also I do have on the progress bar the following property set. IsIndeterminate="True"
I am using vb.net.
Thanks,
spafa9

See my answer at the bottom of this question: Multi-threaded splash screen in C#?
This is in C#, but it does work with an animated indeterminate progress bar.

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