ie problems

[0gani]

This AS2 works great in both IE and firefox

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

var cookieValue = ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum");

hello_txt.text = cookieValue;

This AS3 works great only in firefox but not IE

import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

var cookieValue:* = ExternalInterface.call("myGetCookie", "yumyum");

hello_txt.text = String(cookieValue);

What's wrong with this? What is it that IE doesnt like about this code in AS3?