>I have scattered two records, each to a different object. I would now like to compare the two objects, item by item, to detect any difference. Is there a property that I can use as an index for a loop and what syntax do I use to obtain each item (field from the original file)? TIA.

First you can use COMPOBJ() function to determine, if they are different or not. They you can try AMEMBERS(), hopefully it works with scattered object, though I'm not sure.