Override standard close (X) button in a Windows Form

Question

How do I go about changing what happens when a user clicks the close (red X) button in a Windows Forms application (in C#)?

Answer 1

The accepted answer works quite well. An alternative method that I have used is to create a FormClosing method for the main Form. This is very similar to the override. My example is for an application that minimizes to the system tray when clicking the close button on the Form.

private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.ApplicationExitCall)
        {
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            e.Cancel = true;
            WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
        }            
    }

This will allow ALT+F4 or anything in the Application calling Application.Exit(); to act as normal while clicking the (X) will minimize the Application.