OH1.8: The name 'unkown' ... cannot be resolved to an item or type

And as far as the brckets in the createTimer are concerned:

Now I know why there are two (three) version for coding this timer business. Thanks Rich!

I installed the designer again; just to make sure there is no syntax error in my rule, and there are no red crosses in my rules (or elsewhere).

Should I just give it a rest – as in this is too hard?!
I have spent 6 hours reading the forum with related issues, and none of them got resolved (other than syntax errors)… is this a bug?