Real time data value display in C#

Question

Simple C# question: I was trying to design a simple C# DLL that uses a third party library to stream images from a digital camera.

Really beginner C# programmer here, so

Answer 1

The simplest (assuming you can't just update when new data arrives) would be to add a forms timer to your form, and update the UI in the timer "tick" event.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.timer.aspx

Answer 2

a label is very good approach but you have to make sure you are avoiding from application does not respond, so also add a line of code that lets the form process its queue

lblNumber.Text = number;
Application.DoEvents();

Answer 3

I would have a Label control (assuming winforms) whose text property I would set to the value of the counter whenever it incremented.

counter++;
myLable.Text = counter;