meaning of warning C4996

[raydona]

I get the following compiler warning:
Warning C4996: 'kbhit' was declared deprecated
‘kbhit’ was used in the following code:
int s = 0;
time_t now, expire;

cout << "Enter integer: ";
expire = time(NULL) + 8; //wait for 8 seconds
now = time(NULL);
while (!_kbhit() && now < expire)
{ now = time(NULL);
}
if(kbhit()) cin >> s;
else return;

I would be grateful if someone could tell me what the warning means and how do I get rid of it.

 

[cpjust]

Go on google and search for "C4996" and you'll find a ton of examples including some from the MSDN. I find it easier sometimes to google first and click on the MSDN link it finds rather than searching directly from the MSDN site.