[Freegis-list] shpfiles import into SPRING

[dipankar c.patnaik]

Hi all 
please tell me as to how do I import a shapeflie fom arc view or an
arcinfo coverage into the SPRING software
this is very urgent, 
please reply soon and help me 
i have been having problems with the category definition while
importing and as the help files are in Spanish or portugese, i am at a
loss to understand em and solve it on my own
alsoe please tell me the sites where from I could get some informative
materials about SPring usages
thank you 
bye for now 
take care 
dipankar
India