Calculate PDF Table Row Heights with iTextSharp (link) [http://kuujinbo.info/iTextSharp/rowHeights.aspx]

gistfile1.cs

public static float TotalRowHeights(
  Document document, PdfContentByte content, 
  PdfPTable table, params int[] wantedRows) 
{
  float height = 0f;
  ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(content);
// respect current Document.PageSize    
  ct.SetSimpleColumn(
    document.Left, document.Bottom, 
    document.Right, document.Top
  );
  ct.AddElement(table);
// **simulate** adding the PdfPTable to calculate total height
  ct.Go(true);
  foreach (int i in wantedRows) {
    height += table.GetRowHeight(i);
  }
  return height;
}

gistfile2.cs

using (Document document = new Document()) {
  PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, STREAM);
  document.Open();
  PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
  for (int i = 1; i < 20; ++i) {
    table.AddCell(i.ToString());
  }
  int[] wantedRows = {0, 2, 3};
  document.Add(new Paragraph(string.Format(
    "Simulated table height: {0}",
    TotalRowHeights(document, writer.DirectContent, table, wantedRows)
  )));
// uncomment block below to verify correct height is being calculated
/* 
  document.Add(new Paragraph("Add the PdfPTable"));
  document.Add(table);
  float totalHeight = 0f;
  foreach (int i in wantedRows) {
    totalHeight += table.GetRowHeight(i);
  }
  document.Add(new Paragraph(string.Format(
    "Height after adding table: {0}", totalHeight
  )));
*/
  document.Add(new Paragraph("Test paragraph"));
}