Problem intercepting vchrRockerRight, vchrRockerCenter, & vchrRockerLeft

[David Garcea]

I'm trying to intercept the rocker keys for a game I am developing. 
When testing on a Palm Zire 31, the up and down rocker keys work fine. 
Left, right, and center do not work. I've checked the value of 
event->data.keyDown.chr when I press one of these keys. All three of 
them show 0x0503 as the value, when they should be 0x0134, 0x0135, & 
0x0136.

I'm checking the events for a keydown before anything else, as shown 
here:

void AppEventLoop(void)
{
        Word error;
        EventType event;
        do
        {       
                EvtGetEvent(&event, 10);
                
                // Intercept hardware application buttons.
                if( SpecialKeyDown( &event ) )
                        continue;
                
                if (! SysHandleEvent( &event ) )
                        if (! MenuHandleEvent( 0, &event, &error) )
                                if (! AppHandleEvent( &event ) )
                                        FrmDispatchEvent( &event );
        } while( event.eType != appStopEvent );
}
Here I am checking to see if the event contains a keydown for any of 
the hardware keys that I am interested in. If it does, I pass the event 
to the appropriate form.

Boolean SpecialKeyDown( EventType *event )
{
	Boolean handled = false;
	
	 CharPtr	Temp = (CharPtr) MemPtrNew( 5 );
	
	if( event->eType != keyDownEvent)
		return handled;
		
	if( event->data.keyDown.modifiers & poweredOnKeyMask )
		return handled;
	
		
	if( Temp )
	{
		Temp = StrIToH( Temp, event->data.keyDown.chr);
		WinDrawChars( Temp, 80, 80, 4 );
		MemPtrFree( Temp );
	}
	
	
	switch( event->data.keyDown.chr )
	{
		case vchrHard1: // Datebook button.
		case vchrHard2: // Address button.
		case vchrHard3: // To Do Button.
		case vchrHard4: // Memo button
		
		case vchrNextField: // handera support
		case vchrPrevField: // handera support
		
		case vchrPageUp:
		case vchrPageDown:
		
		case vchrRockerUp:
		case vchrRockerDown:
		case vchrRockerLeft:
		case vchrRockerRight:
		case vchrRockerCenter:
		case vchrHardRockerCenter:
		
		case vchrThumbWheelUp:
		case vchrThumbWheelDown:
		case vchrThumbWheelPush:
		case vchrThumbWheelBack:
		
			if( FrmGetActiveFormID() == MainForm ) handled = 
MainFormHandleKeyDownEvent( event );
			else if( FrmGetActiveFormID() == MapForm ) handled = 
MapFormHandleKeyDownEvent( event );
			else if( FrmGetActiveFormID() == WeaponForm ) handled = 
WeaponFormHandleKeyDownEvent( event );
			
			// Don't ever let the system leave the game via the hard buttons.
			handled = true;
			break;
			
		default:
			break;
	}
	
	return handled;
}

Is it possible that the rocker left, right, and center buttons are only 
passed when there are controls on the form? If so, how do I get around 
that?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
David
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