vp-get-table-column-index

vp-get-table-column-index is a command for coding agents from Ganbin/4d-development-skill. It costs 0 tokens per session (487 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A 4D View Pro command that returns the zero-based position of a named column in a table. 4D View Pro is the spreadsheet component used by 4D applications.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find a column in a selected sheet, then read, change, or remove that column with other spreadsheet commands.
Why use it?
It avoids manually counting columns and lets code refer to a column by name. It also reports when the table or column cannot be found.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ganbin/4d-development-skill/vp-get-table-column-index
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ganbin/4d-development-skill

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 487 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00487
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00244
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00097
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00049

Measured 5d ago against content hash cdf574dccb28, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

vp-get-table-column-index scanned grade C with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Hidden instructionshighPrompt injection

Directives inside HTML comments, invisible characters or bidirectional overrides are read by the model and not by the person reviewing the file.

<!-- REF #_method_.VP Get table column index.Syntax -->
docs/ViewPro/commands/vp-get-table-column-index.md · 58 lines

What it actually says

Release Changes
19 R7 Added

VP Get table column index ( vpAreaName : Text ; tableName : Text ; columnName : Text {; sheet : Integer } ) : Integer

Parameter Type Description
vpAreaName Text -> 4D View Pro area form object name
tableName Text -> Table name
columnName Text -> Name of the table column
sheet Integer -> Sheet index (current sheet if omitted)
Result Integer <- Index of columnName

Description

The VP Get table column index command returns the index of the columnName in the tableName.

In vpAreaName, pass the name of the 4D View Pro area.

In columnName, pass the name of the table column for which you want to get the index.

In sheet, pass the index of the target sheet. If no index is specified or if you pass -1, the command applies to the current sheet.

Indexing starts at 0.

If tableName or columnName is not found, the command returns -1.

Example

	// Search the column id according the column name
var $id : Integer
$id:=VP Get table column index($area; $tableName; "Weight price")
	// Remove the column by id
VP REMOVE TABLE COLUMNS($area; $tableName; $id)

See also

VP CREATE TABLE VP Find table VP Get table column attributes VP SET TABLE COLUMN ATTRIBUTES

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 58 lines · 0 tokens per session scan C cdf574dccb28

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vp-get-table-column-index is a command published in the GitHub repository Ganbin/4d-development-skill (9 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 487 tokens. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (hidden instructions). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.