Contributor: RICK HAINES { This code is untested, but should work correctly } { A word is arranged like this... } { The Word - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 } { Bit Number - 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 } Const Bit0 = 1; Bit1 = 2; Bit2 = 4; Bit3 = 8; Bit4 = 16; Bit5 = 32; Bit6 = 64; Bit7 = 128; Bit8 = 256; Bit9 = 512; Bit10 = 1024; Bit11 = 2048; Bit12 = 4096; Bit13 = 8192; Bit14 = 16384; Bit15 = 32768; Procedure SetBit(SetWord, BitNum : Word); Begin SetWord := SetWord Or BitNum; { Set bit } End; Procedure ClearBit(SetWord, BitNum : Word); Begin SetWord := SetWord Or BitNum; { Set bit } SetWord := SetWord Xor BitNum; { Toggle bit } End; Procedure ToggleBit(SetWord, BitNum : Word); Begin SetWord := SetWord Xor BitNum; { Toggle bit } End; Function GetBitStat(SetWord, BitNum : Word) : Boolean; Begin If SetWord And BitNum = BitNum Then { If bit is set } GetBitStat := True Else GetBitStat := False; End; SetWord is the word that contains the bit you want to set. BitNum is the number of the bit you want to set as defined in the const section (Bit0, Bit1, etc...). GetBitStat returns true if the bit is Set, otherwise it returns false. -Rick