# kirupa.com - Silverlight/WPF: Adding Controls Programmatically - Page 1

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**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-silverlight-wpf-adding-controls-programmatically-page-1/643278 "2018-06-15T07:00:00Z")
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#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-silverlight-wpf-adding-controls-programmatically-page-1/643278/1 "2018-06-15T07:00:00Z")

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by kirupa&nbsp; |&nbsp; 15 April 2009

For most of the Silverlight and WPF tutorials on this site, I have shown you how you can use Expression Blend to easily create an application. This often involved drawing out a control, such as a button, and adding some code to make it do something on your design surface (also known as the artboard):

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/blend\_silverlight/adding\_controls\_programmatically.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/blend_silverlight/adding_controls_programmatically.htm)