Applescript get list of running apps?

Question

Applescript newbie question again :) I am trying to create a small applescript that will allow me to select multiple items from a list of currently running applications and

Answer 1

You can try this

tell application "System Events"
        set AppName to name of every process whose background only is false
        choose from list AppName OK button name "Ok" cancel button name "Cancel"
    end