I have another post regarding converting existing apps to modules.

I'd like to repost to clarify what I'm asking.

I have PHPAds News installed on a site that does not have XOOPS installed yet.

I see that there is a PHPAds New module for Xoops.

If I installed Xoops. and I want to continue to use PHPAds New, would it be better to go ahead and install the module and try to use my existing database?

What would be the benefit of using a module versus just running the existing PHPAds New install?

I have the same issue with a PhpBB 2.06 install.

I have found a phpbb to PHPbb Module converter for that though.

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The main advantage would be the integration wih users, groups, permissions, etc.

You could wrap the existing in an I-Frame from Xoops, or run it stand alone. This would not be intergrated as staed above though.

As for sharing a DB. You would have to hack the XOOPS module to use the stand alone product's tables. This is doable, but I think the same amount of effort could produce some SQL conversion scripts that would give you the integration you most likely want.