Datagridview, disable button/row

Question

I have a datagridview on a form with some data. The 1st column contains button for deleting the row. How can we disable this button or the entire row based on some condition

Answer 1

Would you consider just turning the button cell into a regular empty text box disabled?

Dim cell As DataGridViewButtonCell = dgv.row(x).cell(y)
cell = New DataGridViewTextBoxCell()
cell.value = String.Empty
cell.ReadOnly = True

It loses its bordered "Button" appearance and blends in with the remainder of the cells (assuming you are using primarily the default DataGridViewTextBoxCells).

Here's the equivalent in C#, plus it grays out the field to make it look read-only:

var cell = dgv[column, row] = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
cell.Value = ""; // ignored if this column is databound
cell.ReadOnly = true;
cell.Style.BackColor = Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Control);