Usually if the color is blue thats means a resource is not available.
which could be the server or if you and quantative or control resources setup they could be in use.

My version doesnt have an autoedit field but it does have a set tab with auto edit which is used for setting variables that can be used in the filename such as adding the date or adding or removing prefixes or stripping the extentsion.

Here is what I would use. FileWatch has different syntax then ctmfw

ctmfw "/incoming/EDS/LH/PRD.NGI.COSMA.SSIM4.*" CREATE 100 10 10 3 0 N

Yes using the ctmfw utility that is run on the cleint of the machine you want to monitor the directory of. You can monitor for any size and have it watch to see if the file is done and for as long as time as you want. You and also use a cylic job to have it monitor it for a few minutes every hour. a...