[Visual Basic 6.0]
Public Function GetAGSAddressLocator(strServerName As String, strLocatorName As String) As esriGeoDatabase.ILocator
'+++ returns a locator retrieved from an ArcGIS Server
    Dim pConnectionProperties As esriSystem.IPropertySet
    Dim pAGSServerConnectionFactory As esriGISClient.IAGSServerConnectionFactory
    Dim pAGSServerConnectionName As esriGISClient.IAGSServerConnectionName
    Dim pLocatorManager As esriLocation.ILocatorManager2
    Dim pLocatorWorkspace As esriGeoDatabase.ILocatorWorkspace
    
    '+++ open an ArcGIS Server connection to the specified server machine
    Set pConnectionProperties = New esriSystem.PropertySet
    pConnectionProperties.SetProperty "machine", strServerName
    Set pAGSServerConnectionFactory = New esriGISClient.AGSServerConnectionFactory
    Set pAGSServerConnectionName = pAGSServerConnectionFactory.Open(pConnectionProperties, 0).FullName
    
    '+++ retrieve a LocatorWorkspace from the ArcGIS Server connection
    Set pLocatorManager = New esriLocation.LocatorManager
    Set pLocatorWorkspace = pLocatorManager.GetAGSLocatorWorkspace(pAGSServerConnectionName)
    
    '+++ return the locator with the specified name
    Set GetAGSAddressLocator = pLocatorWorkspace.GetLocator(strLocatorName)
    
End Function

[Visual Basic .NET, C#, C++]
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