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Lightning Connect and Visualforce to PDF

If I am using lightning connect to bring data over from ERP (Great Plains) into Salesforce.  Could I render that data into a pdf using visualforce and apex?  
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Kindly check this webinar:

https://developer.salesforce.com/events/webinars/Lightning-Connect

It states that though Lightining Connect only uses reference to connect to external data however you can write VF & Apex on the External Objects. (Start listening from about 5 minutes 30 secs into the video) 
Agustina GarciaAgustina Garcia
Long time ago since this question, but just in case. Yes, you can do it. Actually I run a session at Salesforce World Tour in London - 2015 and I saw how to create a PDF with Apex using External Object data. Find the slides in the below link. Slides 16 is the vf page and the next one the Controller.

Hope this help
Abi V 4Abi V 4
Hello,
The link is missing in your comments.
Please share the link as we have the similar request to impliment.