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

tell application "System Events"
    set processList to get the name of every process whose background only is false
    set processNameList to choose from list processList with prompt "Select process to quit" with multiple selections allowed
    if the result is not false then
        repeat with processName in processNameList
            do shell script "Killall " & quoted form of processName
        end repeat
    end if
end tell