Visual Studio C++ Windows Form Application - Threading.

Hi everyone Got a problem with understanding how this works. I am trying to read in the data values of a P5 GAME glove, And i want to create a Windows form to display the data that i have retrieved from my P5 GAME GLOVE. But the problem that i am facing is that i do not know how to read the data from my glove to the form application in real time.

So temporary i created a button, and when i want to see the data values i would have to click on the button and it would release the data values.

this is my code for it :

private: System::Void btnGet_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
                        
                        int finger1bent = 1100;
                        int finger2bent = 1100;
                        int finger3bent = 1100;
                        int finger4bent = 1400;
                        int tumbbent = 0;

                        P5_Init();
                        P5_SetUnits(P5_CM);

                        P5State *state = P5_GetStatePointer(0);
                        P5Info *info = P5_GetInfoPointer(0);

                        lblValue1->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[1].ToString();
                        lblValue2->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[2].ToString();
                        lblValue3->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[3].ToString();
                        lblValue4->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[4].ToString();
                        lblValue5->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[5].ToString();

                        lblFP0->Text = state->FilterPos[0].ToString();
                        lblFP1->Text = state->FilterPos[1].ToString();
                        lblFP2->Text = state->FilterPos[2].ToString();
                        lblFP3->Text = state->FilterPos[3].ToString();
                        lblFP4->Text = state->FilterPos[4].ToString();

                        lblDeviceId->Text = info->DeviceID.ToString();
                        
                        if (state->FingerAbsolute[1] > finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] > finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] < finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] < finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "SISSORS";
                        }
                        if ( state->FingerAbsolute[1] < finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] < finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] < finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] < finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "STONE";
                        }
                        if ( state->FingerAbsolute[1] > finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] > finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] > finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] > finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "PAPER";
                        }
                        P5_Close();
       }


When i try to put it into a while loop at the Form_Load part to try to get the values dynamically, the program with just hang:

The attempted codes are:

private: System::Void Form1_Load(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
            
                  /*
                  int finger1bent = 1100;
                  int finger2bent = 1100;
                  int finger3bent = 1100;
                  int finger4bent = 1400;
                  int tumbbent = 0;

                  P5_Init();
                  P5_SetUnits(P5_CM);

                  P5State *state = P5_GetStatePointer(0);
                  P5Info *info = P5_GetInfoPointer(0);

                  int counter = 0;
                  while (counter =0) {

                        lblValue1->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[1].ToString();
                        lblValue2->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[2].ToString();
                        lblValue3->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[3].ToString();
                        lblValue4->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[4].ToString();
                        lblValue5->Text = state->FingerAbsolute[5].ToString();

                        lblFP0->Text = state->FilterPos[0].ToString();
                        lblFP1->Text = state->FilterPos[1].ToString();
                        lblFP2->Text = state->FilterPos[2].ToString();
                        lblFP3->Text = state->FilterPos[3].ToString();
                        lblFP4->Text = state->FilterPos[4].ToString();

                        lblDeviceId->Text = info->DeviceID.ToString();

                        if (state->FingerAbsolute[1] > finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] > finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] < finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] < finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "SISSORS";
                        }
                        if ( state->FingerAbsolute[1] < finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] < finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] < finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] < finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "STONE";
                        }
                        if ( state->FingerAbsolute[1] > finger1bent && state->FingerAbsolute[2] > finger2bent && state->FingerAbsolute[3] > finger3bent && state->FingerAbsolute[4] > finger4bent ){
                              lblHandStatus->Text = "PAPER";
                        }
                  }//end of while loop
                  */
            }

After searching around the net, i found out that i should use a thread to solve this problem. But i am not sure how. Could any one point me in the right direction? or could someone advice me on what should i do, to be able to view the datas from my glove on the windows form, dynamically.

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