there are no exceptions, none, i've also stepped through the code, and it seems to running the whole process, only the debug windows still shows the launch.
also if i've specifed a console output, i see no console output, but if i launch eclipse application from plug-in development and specify console output there, i see the output in the console of the eclipse devlopment (meaning the one launched the eclipse application for testing.
my version 3.1.0 GA..
i also so don't see the difference between schema export action and the hibernate launch config.