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title: "What is a DependencyProperty?"  
description: "What is a DependencyProperty?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-10-14  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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# What is a DependencyProperty?

**DependencyProperty** is represents a property that can be set through methods such as, styling, data binding, animation, and inheritance.The main reason to create DependencyProperty is when we write own WPF control. DependencyProperties can be used as binding source and target, and can be animated.Properties of all framework's controls are implemented as DependencyProperty, that why we can make powerful data binding in XAML.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

**DependencyProperty** is represents a property that can be set through methods such as, styling, data binding, animation, and inheritance.The main reason to create DependencyProperty is when we write own WPF control. DependencyProperties can be used as binding source and target, and can be animated.Properties of all framework's controls are implemented as DependencyProperty, that why we can make powerful data binding in XAML.


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