VB mode?

[Simon]

Hi there,
  I recently started programming in Visual Basic and decided to use my
favorite text editor: emacs.  However, best would be to have a mode
that will highlight keywords, ident, and everything.

  I did find such a file:
http://d116.com/hacks/emacs/visual-basic-mode.el

  However, in the instructions, it says to put the file in my path
(ok...) and then to compile it, what does that mean?  I've never
touched lisp before so i have no idea what it's fed with in the
winter...

I will not have time to read and understand the manual for a long time,
so if you care to help an emacs lover like me, please do so!

Oh! by the way, I'm currently using xemacs on windows, but will also
use emacs and xemacs on linux (slackware).

Thanks,
  Simon