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
* @param struct
	 *            the structure
	 * @param tag
	 *            the tag to write
	 * @param memberName
	 *            the member name
	 * @param cdata
	 *            whether the value should be written as CDATA
	 * @param withoutName
	 *            whether the property name should be written
	 */
	protected void writeProperty( IStructure struct, String tag,
			String memberName, boolean cdata, boolean withoutName )
	{
		StructureDefn structDefn = (StructureDefn) struct.getDefn( );
		assert structDefn != null;
		StructPropertyDefn propDefn = (StructPropertyDefn) structDefn
				.getMember( memberName );
		assert propDefn != null;
		Object value = struct.getLocalProperty( getModule( ), propDefn );
		if ( value == null )
			return;
		String xml = propDefn.getXmlValue( getModule( ), value );
		if ( xml == null )
			return;
		if ( propDefn.isEncryptable( ) )
		{
			IEncryptionHelper helper = MetaDataDictionary.getInstance( )
					.getEncryptionHelper( );
			xml = helper.encrypt( xml );