For dashboards, I recommend ZomB. Install it, run it, and at the bottom, go to sources, and select one, remove it, select the other, and change it to Smart. You can drag controls on, give them names, and save it. Run (F5) runs it now, Deploy (F6) builds it to run when the driver station is launched. Also, oin the top left corner of the canvas, if the robot is running, you can click the search button, and it will show you all the controls you can add. If you need more help, or have issues installing/running ZomB, please let me know (I can only fix them if I know what to fix!)
On the robot side, use SmartDashboard class. I dont' remember the call of the top of my head, but its something like SmartDashbaords.Init(); SmartDashbaord.add("name", value);
Search around for the specific syntax
http://firstforge.wpi.edu/sf/sfmain/....zombdashboard