Dynamic parameters in CR XI

Hi,
In my crystal report(version XI), there are 5 parameters. 4 of them are static and one is dynamic. But when i executing the report, it is asking for parameter input values twice!!!
Is that the bevaviour of crystal?
And...
Is it possible to have both dynamic and static parameters in a report?
If yes, how can i achieve it without asking parameters for twice?
Help me in resolving this issue.
Thanks in Advance
Viswa

Hi Raghav
Thanks for your reply. Yes, in my reports, there are command level parameters...
I've some follow-up questions.
Actually the report is trigerring a SP in SQL Server. When i directly linked with the SP as data source, in the parameter window, it is showing unwanted check-box Set to NULL value
To suppress that only, i went with the command option which calls the SP, now i'm getting the prompt twice because of the dynamic LoVs.
Any suggestions or work-around to resolve this?
Thanks
Viswa

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The machine that I am testing on have an installed version of CR 11 SP4 development. I can change the report source for any report that does not have dynamic parameters. At the moment the reports that I am testing does not have subreports. It is a very simple two table report using dynamic parameters.
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