My apologies for not writing back when i found my mistake two days ago. I had two instances of visual studio open with similar test pages. One had Imports SD.LLBLGen.Pro.ORMSupportClasses.EntityCollectionBase2 and one didn't.
in going back and forth between help files and VS i looked at the imports statement in one instance of vs a coulple of times, but with all the windows open, i went to my code in the other instance and each time got the intelisense error.
Thanks for the response though, and I've got to tell you, LLBGen Pro has changed the way I code. I can now concentrate on logic and flow and not data retrieval. Also have no fear of enhancing or refining the underlying data structure once i've started coding since regeneration is a breeze.
Great job.