C# Disable Buttons in a Button Column in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;

class Form1 : Form
{
    private DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView(); [STAThread] public static void Main()
    {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }

    public Form1()
    {
        this.AutoSize = true;
        this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
    }

    public void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn column0 =
            new DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();
        DataGridViewDisableButtonColumn column1 =
            new DataGridViewDisableButtonColumn();
        column0.Name = "CheckBoxes";
        column1.Name = "Buttons";
        dataGridView1.Columns.Add(column0);
        dataGridView1.Columns.Add(column1);
        dataGridView1.RowCount = 8;
        dataGridView1.AutoSize = true;
        dataGridView1.AllowUserToAddRows = false;
        dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Alignment =
            DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;

        // Set the text for each button. 
        for (int i = 0; i < dataGridView1.RowCount; i++)
        {
            dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells["Buttons"].Value =
                "Button " + i.ToString();
        }

        dataGridView1.CellValueChanged +=
            new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValueChanged);
        dataGridView1.CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged +=
            new EventHandler(dataGridView1_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged);
        dataGridView1.CellClick +=
            new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellClick);

        this.Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
    }

    // This event handler manually raises the CellValueChanged event 
    // by calling the CommitEdit method. 
    void dataGridView1_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged(object sender,
        EventArgs e)
    {
        if (dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellDirty)
        {
            dataGridView1.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit);
        }
    }

    // If a check box cell is clicked, this event handler disables   
    // or enables the button in the same row as the clicked cell. 
    public void dataGridView1_CellValueChanged(object sender,
        DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
    {
        if (dataGridView1.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name == "CheckBoxes")
        {
            DataGridViewDisableButtonCell buttonCell =
                (DataGridViewDisableButtonCell)dataGridView1.
                Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["Buttons"];

            DataGridViewCheckBoxCell checkCell =
                (DataGridViewCheckBoxCell)dataGridView1.
                Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["CheckBoxes"];
            buttonCell.Enabled = !(Boolean)checkCell.Value;

            dataGridView1.Invalidate();
        }
    }

    // If the user clicks on an enabled button cell, this event handler   
    // reports that the button is enabled. 
    void dataGridView1_CellClick(object sender,
        DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
    {
        if (dataGridView1.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name == "Buttons")
        {
            DataGridViewDisableButtonCell buttonCell =
                (DataGridViewDisableButtonCell)dataGridView1.
                Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["Buttons"];

            if (buttonCell.Enabled)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].
                    Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value.ToString() +
                    " is enabled");
            }
        }
    }
}

public class DataGridViewDisableButtonColumn : DataGridViewButtonColumn
{
    public DataGridViewDisableButtonColumn()
    {
        this.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewDisableButtonCell();
    }
}

public class DataGridViewDisableButtonCell : DataGridViewButtonCell
{
    private bool enabledValue;
    public bool Enabled
    {
        get
        {
            return enabledValue;
        }
        set
        {
            enabledValue = value;
        }
    }

    // Override the Clone method so that the Enabled property is copied. 
    public override object Clone()
    {
        DataGridViewDisableButtonCell cell =
            (DataGridViewDisableButtonCell)base.Clone();
        cell.Enabled = this.Enabled;
        return cell;
    }

    // By default, enable the button cell. 
    public DataGridViewDisableButtonCell()
    {
        this.enabledValue = true;
    }

    protected override void Paint(Graphics graphics,
        Rectangle clipBounds, Rectangle cellBounds, int rowIndex,
        DataGridViewElementStates elementState, object value,
        object formattedValue, string errorText,
        DataGridViewCellStyle cellStyle,
        DataGridViewAdvancedBorderStyle advancedBorderStyle,
        DataGridViewPaintParts paintParts)
    {
        // The button cell is disabled, so paint the border,   
        // background, and disabled button for the cell. 
        if (!this.enabledValue)
        {
            // Draw the cell background, if specified. 
            if ((paintParts & DataGridViewPaintParts.Background) ==
                DataGridViewPaintParts.Background)
            {
                SolidBrush cellBackground =
                    new SolidBrush(cellStyle.BackColor);
                graphics.FillRectangle(cellBackground, cellBounds);
                cellBackground.Dispose();
            }

            // Draw the cell borders, if specified. 
            if ((paintParts & DataGridViewPaintParts.Border) ==
                DataGridViewPaintParts.Border)
            {
                PaintBorder(graphics, clipBounds, cellBounds, cellStyle,
                    advancedBorderStyle);
            }

            // Calculate the area in which to draw the button.
            Rectangle buttonArea = cellBounds;
            Rectangle buttonAdjustment =
                this.BorderWidths(advancedBorderStyle);
            buttonArea.X += buttonAdjustment.X;
            buttonArea.Y += buttonAdjustment.Y;
            buttonArea.Height -= buttonAdjustment.Height;
            buttonArea.Width -= buttonAdjustment.Width;

            // Draw the disabled button.               
            ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(graphics, buttonArea,
                PushButtonState.Disabled);

            // Draw the disabled button text.  
            if (this.FormattedValue is String)
            {
                TextRenderer.DrawText(graphics,
                    (string)this.FormattedValue,
                    this.DataGridView.Font,
                    buttonArea, SystemColors.GrayText);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // The button cell is enabled, so let the base class  
            // handle the painting. 
            base.Paint(graphics, clipBounds, cellBounds, rowIndex,
                elementState, value, formattedValue, errorText,
                cellStyle, advancedBorderStyle, paintParts);
        }
    }
}