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
for ( int i = 0; i < propNames.size( ); i++ )
		{
			String propName = (String) propNames.get( i );
			String tagName = dummyProvider.getTagName( propName );
			String value = dummyProvider.getValue( propName );
			boolean cdata = false;
			if ( dummyProvider.getPropertyTypeCode( propName ) == PropertyType.SCRIPT_TYPE
					|| dummyProvider.getPropertyTypeCode( propName ) == PropertyType.XML_TYPE )
				cdata = true;
			writeEntry( tagName, propName, value, cdata );
		}
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ElementVisitor#visitScriptDataSet(org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ScriptDataSet)
	 */
	public void visitScriptDataSet( ScriptDataSet obj )
	{
		writer.startElement( DesignSchemaConstants.SCRIPT_DATA_SET_TAG );
		super.visitScriptDataSet( obj );
		writeStructureList( obj, DataSet.PARAMETERS_PROP );
		property( obj, ScriptDataSet.OPEN_METHOD );
		property( obj, ScriptDataSet.DESCRIBE_METHOD );
		property( obj, ScriptDataSet.FETCH_METHOD );
		property( obj, ScriptDataSet.CLOSE_METHOD );
		writer.endElement( );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)