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
{
			PropertyDefn prop = (PropertyDefn) list.get( i );
			if ( extensionIDProp.equals( prop.getName( ) ) )
				continue;
			Object value = obj.getLocalProperty( getModule( ), prop.getName( ) );
			if ( value != null )
			{
				boolean cdata = false;
				if ( prop.getTypeCode( ) == PropertyType.XML_TYPE
						|| prop.getTypeCode( ) == PropertyType.SCRIPT_TYPE )
					cdata = true;
				writeProperty( obj, getTagByPropertyType( prop ), prop
						.getName( ), cdata );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Writes ODA exension properties.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 *            the ODA element to write
	 * @param provider
	 *            the extension provider
	 */
	private void writeOdaDummyProperties( DesignElement obj,
			ODAProvider provider )
	{
		assert provider instanceof OdaDummyProvider;
		OdaDummyProvider dummyProvider = (OdaDummyProvider) provider;
		List propNames = dummyProvider.getPropertyNames( );