Thank you for responding.
When I define the parameters using the NInitSTRParam JavaScript functions, I explicitly set them to not autorefresh (using RefreshMode of "none"), because I want to control when that happens -- once all content is loaded on the page with the exception of Nevron charts (for the initial values in the filter web part) and then whenever the user changes the values in the filter web part. In either of those cases, I call the NRefreshAllWebParts JavaScript function to refresh the content in any Nevron charts on the page. This part seems to be working properly, as far as I can tell.
It looks like that in this case, however, a call is still being made to NChartCommander.aspx before the parameters are set. I'm just trying to figure out whether that initial call can be postponed until the parameters are set (thus saving a round trip to the server) or I just have to live with it the way it is.
Thanks again,
Dan Jordan