How to disable the minimize button in C#?

Question

In my application I need to temporarily gray out the minimize button of the main form. Any ideas how this can be achieved? I don\'t mind doing p/invokes to Win32 dlls.

Answer 1

Coincoin's answer is correct. MinimizeBox is also available as a property in the designer properties window.

@Kevin: While I appreciate the sentiment, that's not always a valid answer. If the application displays a modal dialog box by creating a new instance of a Form and then calling .ShowDialog() on it, you don't want the user to minimize that Form, because then all input on the main UI thread is blocked until that Form's modal status is satisfied. The user could potentially click on the main form and just get the "ding ding ding" unresponsive sound from Windows and not know what to do.