Play/Pause animation on cursor rollover!

Hi,
I have a sequence of images that make up an animation.
I want it so...
     - when the file initially opens, the first frame is showed
     - when the cursor rolls over the frame, the animation plays
     - the animation keeps playing until the cursor is taken off the frame, at which point it is paused.
My animation has sound.
No buttons, just plain and simple cursor roll over.
Thank you for any help you guys can give me!
Sam

Thank you so much for your help Ned!
But I'm still having problems....It's made no difference what so ever and I've done exactly what you've said.
I've got some pictures here to help.
Below is shot of my timeline as I see it...
This is also the code I have inserted on the first frame of the "Actions layer"....
These are some errors with the code (not sure if this is relevant)....
Any more ideas Ned?

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