Question

Is there an event that is fired when you maximize a Form or un-maximize it?

Before you say Resize or SizeChanged: Those get only fired if the Size actually changes. If your window happens to be equal in size to the maximized window, they do not fire. Location looks like the next best bet, but that again feels like gambling on a coincidence.

Answer 1

You can do this by overriding WndProc:

protected override void WndProc( ref Message m )
{
    if( m.Msg == 0x0112 ) // WM_SYSCOMMAND
    {
        // Check your window state here
        if (m.WParam == new IntPtr( 0xF030 ) ) // Maximize event - SC_MAXIMIZE from Winuser.h
        {
              // THe window is being maximized
        }
    }
    base.WndProc(ref m);
}

This should handle the event on any window. SC_RESTORE is 0xF120, and SC_MINIMIZE is 0XF020, if you need those constants, too.