I'm not so sure that these issues are related, I would like to look into these one at a time with you. If you would like to work an issue out then move onto the next in the same thread that is ok or you can put new threads for the other issues that you have listed.
When it comes to making a static versus dynamic chart what are the steps you are taking to do this and what exactly does the result look like for the chart that should be dynamic versus what you are expecting? Please post back with this info so that we can look into this further.