' This method is called to detach SalesOrderHeader objects and 
' related SalesOrderDetail objects from the supplied object 
' context when no longer needed by the application. 
' Once detached, the resources can be garbage collected. 
Private Shared Sub DetachOrders(ByVal context As ObjectContext, ByVal order As SalesOrderHeader)
    Try
        ' Detach each item from the collection. 
        While order.SalesOrderDetails.Count > 0
            ' Detach the first SalesOrderDetail in the collection. 
            context.Detach(order.SalesOrderDetails.First())
        End While

        ' Detach the order. 
        context.Detach(order)
    Catch ex As InvalidOperationException
        Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub