You should be able to override the OS defaults in your Keyboard preferences-- there should be a "Use all F1, F2 etc keys as standard function keys" appears in the OSX 10.5 preference window, it differs in 10.6 and 10.7 but the meaning is the same-- disable the OSX keyboard behavior and use the loaded application mapping.
- Loren
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