Measuring delay-time when acquiring signal?

hi everyone,
I'm generating and acquiring signals at the same time using 1 VI. And I need to display the delay-time in front panel. As you can see in the picture below, I have like 2us delay (for green) and about 25us (for red).
I'm using PXI 6733 to generate analog signal, and using PXI 5105 to acquire.
Is there any way to display this delay in frontpanel??
Regards,
Yan.

hi Gerd, thanks for reply.
can you please be more specific about using numeric indicators? how should I put it into my program? I'm using a VI based on example NI Scope EX Stream to Disk.vi as reference. I would like to display it in front panel.
regards,
Yan.
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niScope EX Stream to Disk1.vi ‏43 KB

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