Bug 153488 Page Break - Page breaks are created for groups automatically
In the latest build, engine alyways creats a page break before the outermost group. Issues: 1) If i add a group with company logo and header, followed by a table (with groups). The output is confusing, a page break occurs between the grid and table. A better solution would be page break occurs before each group, except the first group. Current behavior PageBreakBefore = Always Better solution would be PageBreakBefore = Always but first 2) Looks like engine is automatically putting page breaks for groups. But when I click on the group definition i see the following values. PageBreakBefore - Auto PageBreakAfter - Auto // Auto means inserts a page break before the element if necesary. Suggested solution - When user click on new group dialog, BIRT designer by default sets the value PageBreakBefore = Always but first. This way it is less confusing to end users. Cons - Older reports will not have auto page breaks for groups.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/writer/ModuleWriter.java
*            the output stream to which the design is written.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if a write error occurs.
	 */
	public void write( OutputStream os ) throws IOException
	{
		writer = new IndentableXMLWriter( os, getModule( ).getUTFSignature( ) );
		writeFile( );
	}
	/**
	 * Implementation method to write the file header and contents.
	 */
	private void writeFile( )
	{
		boundColumnsMgr = new BoundColumnsWriterMgr( getModule( )
				.getVersionManager( ).getVersion( ) );
		writer.literal( "<!-- Written by Eclipse BIRT 2.0 -->\r\n" ); 
		getModule( ).apply( this );
		getModule( ).getVersionManager( ).setVersion(
				DesignSchemaConstants.REPORT_VERSION );
	}
	/**
	 * Write an XML attribute from an element property.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 *            the element that has the property
	 * @param attr
	 *            the XML attribute name
	 * @param propName
	 *            the name of the property to write