Avoid page break before table

Hi,

I'm confused about the page break feature. I have an chapter in my report containing a long list of data (more than one page).

This is the way the report will be rendered as PDF:

<PAGE BREAK>
My Chapter:
<PAGE BREAK>
Element 1
Element 2
Element 3
...
Element n
<PAGE BREAK>
Element n+1

This is the way the report should be rendered:

<PAGE BREAK>
My Chapter:
Element 1
Element 2
Element 3
...
Element n
<PAGE BREAK>
Element n+1

My report design:
Label "My Chapter:"
Page Break Before: Always
Page Break After: Avoid
Page Break Inside: Auto

Table:
Page Break Before: Avoid
Page Break After: Auto
Page Break Inside: Auto
Page Break Interval: 2000000000

I can find some posts with the same problem in the net but no solution

Any ideas how to solve it?

BIRT Version:
2.5.2v20100209

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thuston

First, set the interval to 0 to have it never pagebreak based on rows.

Can you post a sample of your design?
The page breaking behavior you described should not be occurring with those settings.

qwertzui

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'thuston'" data-cid="70387" data-time="1290003419" data-date="17 November 2010 - 07:16 AM">
First, set the interval to 0 to have it never pagebreak based on rows. 
 
Can you post a sample of your design? 
The page breaking behavior you described should not be occurring with those settings. </blockquote>
 
While preparing the example I found something interesting: 
The problem appears only when a row of the table is bigger than one page. 
 
Thanks for the interval hint.

qwertzui

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'qwertzui'" data-cid="70429" data-time="1290059479" data-date="17 November 2010 - 10:51 PM">
While preparing the example I found something interesting: 
The problem appears only when a row of the table is bigger than one page. 
 
Thanks for the interval hint. </blockquote>
 
any ideas?

thuston

Looks like a Defect. Please open a case with Actuate Support or use the Resources - Report Bugs link in the banner above.
The Table appears to be trying to keep the single very large DTC together, so it wraps to the next page before it realizes the control must be split anyway.

Easy fix is to put the Header Row back in your table and put the Label in there.

qwertzui

Thanks for your answer, but the fix will not work

Placing the header into the table will work when repeating of the header on each page is ok.
When I disable the "Repeat Header" option, it behaves like the version with the label.

I cannot repeat the header cause I'm generating a document. The header is the header of a chapter, the table rows are text blocks within the chapter.