Hello,

I think these two functions will come in very handy to solving the "write 
longword bits" problem.

ShiftLeft( Left, Right, Shift )
ShiftRight( Right, Left, Shift )

Shifting with extra inputs is what is required to solve it nicely.

// Begin of Code ***

program Project1;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{

Skybuck presents ShiftLeft( Left, Right, Shift ) and ShiftRight( Right, 
Left, Shift )

version 0.01 created on 5 may 2008 by Skybuck Flying.

Be carefull though, the shift parameter must be 0 to 31.

}

uses
 SysUtils;

// make overloaded versions for easy coding
// display in big endian.
procedure WriteBitPattern( const ParaByte : byte ); overload;
type
 TbitRange = 0..7;
 TbitSet = set of TbitRange;
var
 vBit : TbitRange;
begin
 for vBit:= 0 to 7 do
 begin
  if vBit in TbitSet(ParaByte) then
  begin
   write('1');
  end else
  begin
   write('0');
  end;
 end;
end;

procedure WriteBitPattern( const ParaWord : word ); overload;
type
 TbitRange = 0..15;
 TbitSet = set of TbitRange;
var
 vBit : TbitRange;
begin
 for vBit:= 0 to 15 do
 begin
  if vBit in TbitSet(ParaWord) then
  begin
   write('1');
  end else
  begin
   write('0');
  end;
 end;
end;

procedure WriteBitPattern( const ParaLongWord : longword ); overload;
type
 TbitRange = 0..31;
 TbitSet = set of TbitRange;
var
 vBit : TbitRange;
begin
 for vBit:= 0 to 31 do
 begin
  if vBit in TbitSet(ParaLongWord) then
  begin
   write('1');
  end else
  begin
   write('0');
  end;
 end;
end;

function ShiftLeft( Left : longword; Right : Longword; Shift : longword ) : 
longword;
asm
 shld eax, edx, cl
end;

function ShiftRight( Right : longword; Left : longword; Shift : longword ) : 
longword;
asm
 shrd eax, edx, cl
end;

procedure Main;
var
 vLeft : longword;
 vRight : longword;
 vShift : longword;
 vResult : longword;
begin
 writeln('program started');

 for vShift := 0 to 31 do
 begin
  vLeft := 0;
  vRight := 1 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 32 + 2147483648;
  vResult := ShiftLeft( vLeft, vRight, vShift );
  Writeln( 'ShiftLeft vLeft: ', vLeft, ' vRight: ', vRight, ' vResult: ', 
vResult );
  WriteBitPattern( vLeft ); write( ' ' );
  WriteBitPattern( vRight ); write( ' ' );
  WriteBitPattern( vResult ); writeln;
  Writeln;
 end;

 for vShift := 0 to 31 do
 begin
  vLeft := 1 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 32 + 2147483648;
  vRight := 0;
  vResult := ShiftRight( vRight, vLeft, vShift );
  Writeln( 'ShiftRight vRight: ', vRight, ' vLeft: ', vLeft, ' vResult: ', 
vResult );
  WriteBitPattern( vRight ); write( ' ' );
  WriteBitPattern( vLeft ); write( ' ' );
  WriteBitPattern( vResult ); writeln;
  Writeln;
 end;

 writeln('program finished');
end;

begin
 try
  Main;
 except
  on E:Exception do
   Writeln(E.Classname, ': ', E.Message);
 end;
 readln;
end.

// *** End of Code ***

Bye,
  Skybuck.