'Enabling and Disabling DataGridView button cell

I have made a DataGridView in a Windows Form with the Name serverListand then added a selection of columns then at the end of each row I have added a button cell using this code

DataGridViewButtonColumn deleteBtn = new DataGridViewButtonColumn();
                deleteBtn.HeaderText = "Delete";
                deleteBtn.Text = "Delete";
                deleteBtn.Name = "deleteBtn";
                deleteBtn.UseColumnTextForButtonValue = true;
                serverList.Columns.Add(deleteBtn);

is there a way for me to grey this button out or make it so the user can't click it?

EDIT: I check when the button is clicked with this method:

private void serverList_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        switch (e.ColumnIndex)
        {
            case 8:
                try
                {
                    string filePath = @"C:\ProgramData\Server_Manager\default.xml";
                    int serverIndex = Int32.Parse(serverCell);

                    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
                    doc.Load(filePath);
                    XmlElement nodeToDelete = (XmlElement)doc.SelectSingleNode("/Servers/Server[serverIndex="+serverIndex+"]");
                    if (nodeToDelete != null)
                    {
                        nodeToDelete.ParentNode.RemoveChild(nodeToDelete);
                    }
                    doc.Save(filePath);

                    clearList();
                    populateList();
                }

                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    string errorMsg = "Unable to Delete Nodes from XML:  " + ex;
                    errorBox(errorMsg, "Failed to Delete List Item", "error");
                }

                break;
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Solution 1:[1]

Solution:

Rather than disable the button I instead created an error when the button is clicked:

MessageBox.Show("Server Currently Being Edited by Another User");

Solution 2:[2]

The Property you are looking for should be found under "deleteBtn.Enabled", possible Values are true/false.

You can set this property at any time in your code.

Solution 3:[3]

I went a different route with this as I couldn't find an answer anywhere when using the CellContentClick event.

I used an int List to store e.index when the button was clicked and the process successfully began (from a Y/N message box).

When CellContentClick is entered I first check to see if the row index was in the list and to not show the message box again to begin processing until the process finished. I also disabled the button so it greyed out on the form.

When it the process finishes, the button is enabled again and e.index is removed from the List.

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Solution 1 Logan Young
Solution 2 kurdy
Solution 3 FantaOrangeFanBoy

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