Crystal Report with Optional Parameters from Stored Procedure

I have a client who created a Crystal Report. This report is linked to a Stored Procedure which allows for input on two criteria. Both of these critera are static values. However, the second of these parameters is setup to allow the user to enter up to 20 values. For example, the Stored Procedure needs the CARDCODE, and a set of DOCUMENTS. So the parameters/prompts would look like this...
BP CardCode:
Document1:
Document2:
Document3:
...etc...
The report will just display basic document information for those documents that were entered.
With 8.8, these parameters were changed to be REQUIRED.... not OPTIONAL. According to SAP note 1500777, this is a known bug and will be fixed in future versions. This note also states to change the criteria for the filter. However, when using a Stored Procedure, this does not appear to be an option, as the selection is defined by the data connection (and the parameters defined in the SP).
Am I missing something? Is there a way to make the suggetion in the above note work with my Stored Procedure?
Or, is there another way to make these parameters optional? (Do I need to change the SP?)
Thanks!
~ terry.

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