Thanks man, you are a star!, it was starting to give me a headache, but!.......here it comes, the 'but'; .......you say you can't use 'openUrlExternally inside lipstick, but clearly there are exceptions and I am now guessing that it has something to do with certain applications being registered in the system, as openUrlExternally does work with 'mailto:' as shown in my first post.

Now, how to open the alarm dialog directly! (I have managed to do this, but when the alarm dialog opens, all labels, headers, titles, etc, display as per their qsTrId's). I will try and work it out myself, as I enjoy the journey/discovery along the way, but I'm always open to tips/suggestions!

Thanks again coderus, much appreciated!