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/parser/PropertyState.java
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.OdaDataSetParameter;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.OdaDesignerState;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.ParameterFormatValue;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.StringFormatValue;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IPropertyDefn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.util.StringUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.StyledElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.GroupElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListGroup;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListingElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ScalarParameter;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TableItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.ICellModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.IListingElementModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.IReportDesignModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.IReportItemModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.IStyleModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.ITableRowModel;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.PropertyDefn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.util.AbstractParseState;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.util.AnyElementState;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
/**
 * Parses the "property" tag. The tag may give the property value of the element
 * or the member of the structure.
 */
class PropertyState extends AbstractPropertyState