Scrollable Text Won't Stop Scrolling!

Hey everyone,
I've created a button so that when you roll over it, text is loaded and scrolls up the page. However, it doesn't stop scrolling when the text runs out - it keeps going so all of the text goes off the screen!
Here's the code on my button:
// Arrow Button
on (rollOver) {
     _root.hover = 1;
on (rollOut) {
     _root.hover = 0;
and on my text (dynamic/multi-line):
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
     if (_root.hover == 1) {
          with ("") {
               _y -= 5;
If anyone can help me out that'd be great. I'd like it to stop scrolling once it runs out of text.
Thanks!

Thank you very much for the example - I've written the code down in my book and have saved this. It works perfectly! I'm really thrilled. Your method seems 100 times easier than the tutorial I had been following. One thing I'm curious about is the code to actually make it move. I understand that the
about_mc._y -= 5;
is what's making it move, but is it the -= that's telling it to move upwards at a speed of 5?
(How I wish I could still use Director!! Unfortunately here it's not industry standard and no one accepts these files)
So everything is working great now except the text problem is still there. I had created a dynamic text box, changed the font/size/etc and then converted it to a movie clip. Should I have converted it to a graphic first and then a movie clip? I'm not sure why the font would appear fine in Flash, but then when I publish it turns to the default. (testing on the same machine)
Thank you again for your help - I appreciate it greatly!
PS: I tried converting to a graphic first, then movie clip, and same issue...

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