[Visual Basic 6.0]
Dim pLocatorManager As esriLocation.ILocatorManager
Dim pLocatorWorkspaceName As esriGeoDatabase.ILocatorWorkspaceName
Dim pLocatorName As esriGeoDatabase.ILocatorName
Dim pName As esriSystem.IName
Dim pLocator As esriGeoDatabase.ILocator
'+++ get a locator workspace name
Set pLocatorManager = New esriLocation.LocatorManager
Set pLocatorWorkspaceName = pLocatorManager.GetLocatorWorkspaceFromPath("").Name
'+++ construct a locator Name object
Set pLocatorName = New esriLocation.LocatorName
With pLocatorName
  Set .LocatorWorkspaceName = pLocatorWorkspaceName
  .Name = "jona2672.Unversioned Reference Data Locator"
End With
'+++ get a reference to the locator from the locator Name object
Set pName = pLocatorName
Set pLocator = pName.Open

[Visual Basic .NET, C#, C++]
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