The CopyFile element should do what want.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_copyfile.htm 


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-----Original Message-----
From: hila toronchik [mailto:hila.toronc...@safend.com] 
Sent: 02 March 2010 07:01
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File from local location

But I don't have the real file the msi will point to (it'll be placed
next to him at the installation), so I use a dummy file with wrong
details.

Is there a different way to install such a file?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:47 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File from local location

On 3/1/2010 1:13 AM, hila toronchik wrote:
> The problem is - that an empty file named Global.jpeg need to be 
> placed
the
> development machine in order to build the msi.
>    

WiX needs the file to fill out the details of the file (size, e.g.) in
the MSI database.

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