QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC XML-DA - Callback using a lambda
// This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item in an OPC XML-DA server and display the value of the item 
// with each change, using a callback method specified using lambda expression.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess.Xml
{
    class SubscribeItem
    {
        public static void CallbackLambdaXml()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing item...");
            // The callback is a lambda expression the displays the value
            client.SubscribeItem(
                "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx",
                "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int",
                1000,
                (sender, eventArgs) =>
                {
                    Debug.Assert(eventArgs != null);

                    if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                    {
                        Debug.Assert(eventArgs.Vtq != null);
                        Console.WriteLine(eventArgs.Vtq.ToString());
                    }
                    else
                        Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief}");
                },
                state: null);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 30 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(30 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing items...");
            client.UnsubscribeAllItems();

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 2 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(2 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }
    }
}
' This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item in an OPC XML-DA server and display the value of the item 
' with each change, using a callback method specified using lambda expression.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess

Namespace DataAccess.Xml
    Partial Friend Class SubscribeItem
        Shared Sub CallbackLambdaXml()
            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            ' The callback is a lambda expression the displays the value
            client.SubscribeItem(
                    "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx",
                    "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int",
                    1000,
                    Sub(sender, eventArgs)
                        Debug.Assert(eventArgs IsNot Nothing)
                        If eventArgs.Succeeded Then
                            Debug.Assert(eventArgs.Vtq IsNot Nothing)
                            Console.WriteLine(eventArgs.Vtq.ToString())
                        Else
                            Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)
                        End If
                    End Sub,
                    state:=Nothing)

            Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 30 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(30 * 1000)

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...")
            client.UnsubscribeAllItems()

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 2 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(2 * 1000)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
QuickOPC supports OPC XML-DA also on Linux and macOS.
See Also

Examples - OPC Data Access

Conceptual