Validating Close method and Windows Close button C#

Question

I am having a method like MainPage_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e) and I am using Close method to close the form. This this.Close() method also triggers the MainPage_FormClosing method.

I just want to perform some function specifically when the user click on Form Windows Close Button.

I have seen some other questions here, they used some way like String.Equals((sender as Button).Name, @"CloseButton") to validate. The sender is always null for me

How can I validate this ?

Answer 1

If you can't use e.CloseReason, the simplest solution would be to use a flag - Have a form level boolean variable that will only change it's state if you are closing the form in code and in the form closing event handler. Something like this will do:

private bool _isClosedFromCode = false;

...

private void CloseForm()
{ 
    _isClosedFromCode = true;
    Close();
}

...

private void MainPage_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
    if(_isClosedFromCode)
    {
        // do your stuff here
    }

   _isClosedFromCode = false; 
}