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 low-level writer that emits XML syntax.
	 */
	/**
	 * The constant for default model name space.
	 */
	final protected static String DEFAULT_NAME_SPACE = "http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design"; 
	/**
	 * The XML writer.
	 */
	protected IndentableXMLWriter writer = null;
	/**
	 * The base 64 codec for embedded images.
	 */
	protected static Base64 base = new Base64( );